Triple

T8195442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Seely Brown E191417 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John Hagel III
John Hagel III is an American management consultant, author, and business strategist known for his work on digital transformation, business ecosystems, and the future of work.
E718419 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: John Hagel III | Statement: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, John Hagel III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hagel III
Context triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, John Hagel III]
  • A. Thomas M. Davenport
    Thomas M. Davenport is an individual honored as the namesake of the University of Virginia’s baseball stadium, reflecting his significant contributions or support to the program.
  • B. John Seely Brown
    John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his influential work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social dimensions of technology.
  • C. James G. March
    James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
  • D. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • E. Tom Davenport
    Tom Davenport is a supporting character in the play and film "Inherit the Wind," serving as the local prosecutor who assists Matthew Harrison Brady in the courtroom battle over the teaching of evolution.
  • 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: John Hagel III
Triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, John Hagel III]
Generated description
John Hagel III is an American management consultant, author, and business strategist known for his work on digital transformation, business ecosystems, and the future of work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hagel III
Target entity description: John Hagel III is an American management consultant, author, and business strategist known for his work on digital transformation, business ecosystems, and the future of work.
  • A. Thomas M. Davenport
    Thomas M. Davenport is an individual honored as the namesake of the University of Virginia’s baseball stadium, reflecting his significant contributions or support to the program.
  • B. John Seely Brown
    John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his influential work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social dimensions of technology.
  • C. James G. March
    James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
  • D. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • E. Tom Davenport
    Tom Davenport is a supporting character in the play and film "Inherit the Wind," serving as the local prosecutor who assists Matthew Harrison Brady in the courtroom battle over the teaching of evolution.
  • 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_69ca82c6e9548190a4c5ca14516e4417 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb5c20fbd08190b9966e3c967e9c71 completed March 31, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccedaab8848190877fbe2de9b83957 completed April 1, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1b706f08190993f4a75eac5f49c completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd059457788190a900402ee4cd50d5 completed April 1, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:42 p.m.