Triple
T8505476
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Computer Recreations |
E201322
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A. K. Dewdney
A. K. Dewdney is a Canadian mathematician, computer scientist, and author best known for popularizing recreational mathematics and computer science through his long-running "Computer Recreations" column in Scientific American.
|
E739375
|
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: A. K. Dewdney | Statement: [Computer Recreations, author, A. K. Dewdney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. K. Dewdney Context triple: [Computer Recreations, author, A. K. Dewdney]
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A.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
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B.
William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
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C.
Bill Gosper
Bill Gosper is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in cellular automata, especially Conway’s Game of Life, and for contributions to experimental mathematics and symbolic computation.
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D.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
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E.
Jay Gruska
Jay Gruska is an American composer and songwriter best known for his extensive television scoring work, including co-composing the music for the series "Supernatural."
- 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: A. K. Dewdney Triple: [Computer Recreations, author, A. K. Dewdney]
Generated description
A. K. Dewdney is a Canadian mathematician, computer scientist, and author best known for popularizing recreational mathematics and computer science through his long-running "Computer Recreations" column in Scientific American.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. K. Dewdney Target entity description: A. K. Dewdney is a Canadian mathematician, computer scientist, and author best known for popularizing recreational mathematics and computer science through his long-running "Computer Recreations" column in Scientific American.
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A.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
-
B.
William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
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C.
Bill Gosper
Bill Gosper is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in cellular automata, especially Conway’s Game of Life, and for contributions to experimental mathematics and symbolic computation.
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D.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
-
E.
Jay Gruska
Jay Gruska is an American composer and songwriter best known for his extensive television scoring work, including co-composing the music for the series "Supernatural."
- 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe5d8b7208190b199c56bf366c692 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4e3037e4819090677c7dc607e8f2 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce4ff88ff48190a5641635187a9e4f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce50fd3150819097562093bee78a6d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.