Triple
T886654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Leslie Lamport |
E19144
|
entity |
| Predicate | contributedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | TeX typesetting system ecosystem |
E61023
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: TeX typesetting system ecosystem | Statement: [Leslie Lamport, contributedTo, TeX typesetting system ecosystem]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TeX typesetting system ecosystem Context triple: [Leslie Lamport, contributedTo, TeX typesetting system ecosystem]
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A.
TeX typesetting system
chosen
TeX is a widely influential digital typesetting system created by Donald Knuth, renowned for its precision in mathematical and technical document preparation and its foundational role in modern computer typesetting.
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B.
LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
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C.
CWEB literate programming system
The CWEB literate programming system is a software tool created by Donald E. Knuth (with Silvio Levy) that integrates C or C++ source code with richly formatted documentation to produce both compilable programs and high-quality typeset descriptions.
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D.
METAFONT
METAFONT is a font description and rasterization system created by Donald Knuth for designing and generating bitmap fonts, particularly for use with the TeX typesetting system.
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E.
Literate Programming
Literate Programming is a programming paradigm introduced by Donald Knuth that emphasizes writing code as an explanatory narrative for humans, with machine-executable instructions embedded within the documentation.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.