Triple
T7387447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marcian Hoff |
E170415
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudentOf |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bernard Widrow
Bernard Widrow is an American electrical engineer and pioneer in adaptive signal processing and neural networks, best known for co-inventing the LMS algorithm and Widrow-Hoff learning rule.
|
E660931
|
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: Bernard Widrow | Statement: [Marcian Hoff, notableStudentOf, Bernard Widrow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Widrow Context triple: [Marcian Hoff, notableStudentOf, Bernard Widrow]
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A.
Jerry Abramson
Jerry Abramson is an American Democratic politician who served as the longtime mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, and later as the state's lieutenant governor.
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B.
Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
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C.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
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D.
John Gage
John Gage is a name shared by several notable figures, including historical politicians, diplomats, and fictional characters in film and television.
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E.
Bill Peake
Bill Peake is a local political figure who has served as the mayor of the coastal city of Pacific Grove, California.
- 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: Bernard Widrow Triple: [Marcian Hoff, notableStudentOf, Bernard Widrow]
Generated description
Bernard Widrow is an American electrical engineer and pioneer in adaptive signal processing and neural networks, best known for co-inventing the LMS algorithm and Widrow-Hoff learning rule.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Widrow Target entity description: Bernard Widrow is an American electrical engineer and pioneer in adaptive signal processing and neural networks, best known for co-inventing the LMS algorithm and Widrow-Hoff learning rule.
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A.
Jerry Abramson
Jerry Abramson is an American Democratic politician who served as the longtime mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, and later as the state's lieutenant governor.
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B.
Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
-
C.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
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D.
John Gage
John Gage is a name shared by several notable figures, including historical politicians, diplomats, and fictional characters in film and television.
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E.
Bill Peake
Bill Peake is a local political figure who has served as the mayor of the coastal city of Pacific Grove, California.
- 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f1f2bac481908ac74069182a4ce4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c802e56fb48190976612d2a94d6ee5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c803707cec8190bb474c959ef93d48 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c803ed9ec4819090a9481954060769 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:08 p.m.