Triple

T886648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leslie Lamport E19144 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Byzantine Generals Problem
The Byzantine Generals Problem is a classic computer science and distributed systems thought experiment that illustrates the difficulty of achieving reliable consensus among participants in the presence of faulty or malicious actors.
E105795 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: Byzantine Generals Problem | Statement: [Leslie Lamport, knownFor, Byzantine Generals Problem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Byzantine Generals Problem
Context triple: [Leslie Lamport, knownFor, Byzantine Generals Problem]
  • A. Paxos
    Paxos is a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, known for its clear turquoise waters, olive groves, and tranquil, less-touristed atmosphere.
  • B. Merkle puzzles
    Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
  • C. Diffie–Hellman key exchange
    Diffie–Hellman key exchange is a foundational cryptographic protocol that enables two parties to securely establish a shared secret over an insecure communication channel.
  • D. Algorand blockchain protocol
    Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
  • E. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
    "Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
  • 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: Byzantine Generals Problem
Triple: [Leslie Lamport, knownFor, Byzantine Generals Problem]
Generated description
The Byzantine Generals Problem is a classic computer science and distributed systems thought experiment that illustrates the difficulty of achieving reliable consensus among participants in the presence of faulty or malicious actors.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Byzantine Generals Problem
Target entity description: The Byzantine Generals Problem is a classic computer science and distributed systems thought experiment that illustrates the difficulty of achieving reliable consensus among participants in the presence of faulty or malicious actors.
  • A. Paxos
    Paxos is a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, known for its clear turquoise waters, olive groves, and tranquil, less-touristed atmosphere.
  • B. Merkle puzzles
    Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
  • C. Diffie–Hellman key exchange
    Diffie–Hellman key exchange is a foundational cryptographic protocol that enables two parties to securely establish a shared secret over an insecure communication channel.
  • D. Algorand blockchain protocol
    Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
  • E. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
    "Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
  • 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_69a4939c32488190a7ccd41cf0abb22b completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ace714ec81909b0b1deaeac66be5 completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7c021732c8190a3b4020f8e3cb90e completed March 4, 2026, 5:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7c0f4bd348190a5c258650a92958a completed March 4, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7c206d5c481908f45fcf9b94eec14 completed March 4, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.