Triple

T7393905
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Unix Text Processing E170572 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object troff
troff is a classic Unix text formatting and typesetting program used to produce high-quality printed documents from plain text source files.
E662019 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: troff | Statement: [Unix Text Processing, relatedTo, troff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: troff
Context triple: [Unix Text Processing, relatedTo, troff]
  • A. METAFONT
    METAFONT is a font description and rasterization system created by Donald Knuth for designing and generating bitmap fonts, particularly for use with the TeX typesetting system.
  • B. The METAFONTbook
    The METAFONTbook is Donald Knuth’s comprehensive manual and reference guide to the METAFONT system for designing and programming digital typefaces.
  • C. PostScript
    PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
  • D. The TeXbook
    The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
  • E. upTeX
    upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
  • 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: troff
Triple: [Unix Text Processing, relatedTo, troff]
Generated description
troff is a classic Unix text formatting and typesetting program used to produce high-quality printed documents from plain text source files.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: troff
Target entity description: troff is a classic Unix text formatting and typesetting program used to produce high-quality printed documents from plain text source files.
  • A. METAFONT
    METAFONT is a font description and rasterization system created by Donald Knuth for designing and generating bitmap fonts, particularly for use with the TeX typesetting system.
  • B. The METAFONTbook
    The METAFONTbook is Donald Knuth’s comprehensive manual and reference guide to the METAFONT system for designing and programming digital typefaces.
  • C. PostScript
    PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
  • D. The TeXbook
    The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
  • E. upTeX
    upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
  • 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_69c6f2263b48819089319a2a2f0d3357 completed March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810f82ba08190919924b0994a2eee completed March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c811f1fe3c8190a591186b19044b5f completed March 28, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c812c1e9d08190b0e7f052d87011b9 completed March 28, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.