Triple
T7421042
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steven A. Coons Award |
E171245
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Turner Whitted
Turner Whitted is a pioneering computer graphics researcher best known for introducing recursive ray tracing, a foundational technique for realistic image synthesis.
|
E662798
|
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: Turner Whitted | Statement: [Steven A. Coons Award, hasRecipient, Turner Whitted]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turner Whitted Context triple: [Steven A. Coons Award, hasRecipient, Turner Whitted]
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A.
Elgin Turner
Elgin Turner is the birth name of Masta Killa, an American rapper best known as a member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
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B.
Turner Layton
Turner Layton was an American songwriter, pianist, and singer best known for co-writing popular early 20th-century standards such as "After You've Gone" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans."
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C.
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
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D.
Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
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E.
William Van Tine
William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
- 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: Turner Whitted Triple: [Steven A. Coons Award, hasRecipient, Turner Whitted]
Generated description
Turner Whitted is a pioneering computer graphics researcher best known for introducing recursive ray tracing, a foundational technique for realistic image synthesis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turner Whitted Target entity description: Turner Whitted is a pioneering computer graphics researcher best known for introducing recursive ray tracing, a foundational technique for realistic image synthesis.
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A.
Elgin Turner
Elgin Turner is the birth name of Masta Killa, an American rapper best known as a member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
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B.
Turner Layton
Turner Layton was an American songwriter, pianist, and singer best known for co-writing popular early 20th-century standards such as "After You've Gone" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans."
-
C.
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
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D.
Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
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E.
William Van Tine
William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
- 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_69c68a625d048190af70eb8b63bec5a0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f2ebc520819087cfc2eb9dda0e17 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c81ef7fc808190a564ab4d9d97ab37 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c81f9b565881909bebcc3112037f52 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8207912f4819086e99ed441bee805 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:11 p.m.