Triple

T8520863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordon Bell E201689 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object MyLifeBits project
The MyLifeBits project is a pioneering Microsoft Research initiative led by Gordon Bell that explored the concept of digitally capturing and storing a person’s entire life experiences and data for comprehensive lifelong archiving and retrieval.
 E739755 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: MyLifeBits project | Statement: [Gordon Bell, notableWork, MyLifeBits project]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MyLifeBits project
Context triple: [Gordon Bell, notableWork, MyLifeBits project]
  • A. People’s Living Lab
    People’s Living Lab is the core theme of Expo 2025, envisioning the world’s fair as a large-scale experimental space where people, technologies, and ideas interact to co-create solutions for future society.
  • B. Bitchitronics
    Bitchitronics is a 2013 experimental electronic album by Chicago-based trio Bitchin Bajas, known for its hypnotic, synth-driven ambient soundscapes.
  • C. Tree That Owns Itself
    The Tree That Owns Itself is a famous white oak in Athens, Georgia, reputedly granted legal ownership of itself and the land immediately surrounding it.
  • D. PixelSense
    PixelSense is Microsoft’s high-resolution, touch- and pen-enabled display technology used in Surface devices for precise, responsive input and vivid visuals.
  • E. Kurzweil Applied Intelligence
    Kurzweil Applied Intelligence is a technology company known for pioneering speech recognition and artificial intelligence software applications.
  • 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: MyLifeBits project
Triple: [Gordon Bell, notableWork, MyLifeBits project]
Generated description
The MyLifeBits project is a pioneering Microsoft Research initiative led by Gordon Bell that explored the concept of digitally capturing and storing a person’s entire life experiences and data for comprehensive lifelong archiving and retrieval.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MyLifeBits project
Target entity description: The MyLifeBits project is a pioneering Microsoft Research initiative led by Gordon Bell that explored the concept of digitally capturing and storing a person’s entire life experiences and data for comprehensive lifelong archiving and retrieval.
  • A. People’s Living Lab
    People’s Living Lab is the core theme of Expo 2025, envisioning the world’s fair as a large-scale experimental space where people, technologies, and ideas interact to co-create solutions for future society.
  • B. Bitchitronics
    Bitchitronics is a 2013 experimental electronic album by Chicago-based trio Bitchin Bajas, known for its hypnotic, synth-driven ambient soundscapes.
  • C. Tree That Owns Itself
    The Tree That Owns Itself is a famous white oak in Athens, Georgia, reputedly granted legal ownership of itself and the land immediately surrounding it.
  • D. PixelSense
    PixelSense is Microsoft’s high-resolution, touch- and pen-enabled display technology used in Surface devices for precise, responsive input and vivid visuals.
  • E. Kurzweil Applied Intelligence
    Kurzweil Applied Intelligence is a technology company known for pioneering speech recognition and artificial intelligence software applications.
  • 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe628f8c48190a35201f9fde605cc completed March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4e76dcd08190866fde75cd0ac389 completed April 2, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ffc30e08190b71e941d63d56015 completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce54dc664081908ff63ec7f92834d7 completed April 2, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.