Triple
T7164934
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brian Kernighan |
E167041
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
P. J. Plauger
P. J. Plauger is an American computer programmer, author, and entrepreneur known for his influential work on C and C++ standard libraries and his widely read books and columns on software development.
|
E645518
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: P. J. Plauger | Statement: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, P. J. Plauger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. J. Plauger Context triple: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, P. J. Plauger]
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A.
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig was an American actor and activist best known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone on the television series "Growing Pains."
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B.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
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C.
Mike Appel
Mike Appel is an American music producer, manager, and songwriter best known for his early work with Bruce Springsteen, including helping launch Springsteen’s career in the 1970s.
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D.
Robert Scheifler
Robert Scheifler is a computer scientist best known for leading the development of the X Window System at MIT.
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E.
Oren Patashnik
Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: P. J. Plauger Triple: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, P. J. Plauger]
Generated description
P. J. Plauger is an American computer programmer, author, and entrepreneur known for his influential work on C and C++ standard libraries and his widely read books and columns on software development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. J. Plauger Target entity description: P. J. Plauger is an American computer programmer, author, and entrepreneur known for his influential work on C and C++ standard libraries and his widely read books and columns on software development.
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A.
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig was an American actor and activist best known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone on the television series "Growing Pains."
-
B.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
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C.
Mike Appel
Mike Appel is an American music producer, manager, and songwriter best known for his early work with Bruce Springsteen, including helping launch Springsteen’s career in the 1970s.
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D.
Robert Scheifler
Robert Scheifler is a computer scientist best known for leading the development of the X Window System at MIT.
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E.
Oren Patashnik
Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69c68888c10c819095e0383020225758 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e832d2548190aacff0de80dbc268 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7adcc145c8190ba65831ed891a225 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ae9111048190b9d68932b15aeab9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7af44076481908d770dd92ed55277 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.