Triple

T7164937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Kernighan E167041 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Stephen C. Johnson
Stephen C. Johnson is an American computer scientist best known for creating the Yacc parser generator and contributing to early Unix development at Bell Labs.
E690958 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: Stephen C. Johnson | Statement: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, Stephen C. Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen C. Johnson
Context triple: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, Stephen C. Johnson]
  • A. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • B. Douglas S. Cramer
    Douglas S. Cramer was an American television and film producer best known for his work on popular series such as "Dynasty," "The Love Boat," and "Wonder Woman."
  • C. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • D. Charles S. Johnson
    Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
  • E. Stephen J. Rivele
    Stephen J. Rivele is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical and historical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
  • 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: Stephen C. Johnson
Triple: [Brian Kernighan, coAuthor, Stephen C. Johnson]
Generated description
Stephen C. Johnson is an American computer scientist best known for creating the Yacc parser generator and contributing to early Unix development at Bell Labs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen C. Johnson
Target entity description: Stephen C. Johnson is an American computer scientist best known for creating the Yacc parser generator and contributing to early Unix development at Bell Labs.
  • A. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • B. Douglas S. Cramer
    Douglas S. Cramer was an American television and film producer best known for his work on popular series such as "Dynasty," "The Love Boat," and "Wonder Woman."
  • C. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • D. Charles S. Johnson
    Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
  • E. Stephen J. Rivele
    Stephen J. Rivele is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical and historical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
  • 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_69c95fea69f081908995d192c4e1977f completed March 29, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c961168d8c81908558193941fc4317 completed March 29, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9614a39688190bf248c3ed611a560 completed March 29, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.