Triple

T9201181
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman H. Nie E220841 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Norman Henry Nie
Norman Henry Nie was an American political scientist, social researcher, and co-creator of the SPSS statistical software package, which became a foundational tool in social science research.
E784261 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: Norman Henry Nie | Statement: [Norman H. Nie, fullName, Norman Henry Nie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Henry Nie
Context triple: [Norman H. Nie, fullName, Norman Henry Nie]
  • A. Kenneth N. Taylor
    Kenneth N. Taylor was an American publisher and author best known for creating the popular paraphrased Bible edition The Living Bible and for founding Tyndale House Publishers.
  • B. Carl Lerner
    Carl Lerner was an American film editor best known for his work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the thriller "Klute."
  • C. William Maynard Hutchins
    William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
  • D. Ithiel de Sola Pool
    Ithiel de Sola Pool was an influential American political scientist and communications scholar known for pioneering work on the social and political impacts of mass media and emerging information technologies.
  • E. Nunnally Johnson
    Nunnally Johnson was an American screenwriter, producer, and director known for adapting major literary works for Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Norman Henry Nie
Triple: [Norman H. Nie, fullName, Norman Henry Nie]
Generated description
Norman Henry Nie was an American political scientist, social researcher, and co-creator of the SPSS statistical software package, which became a foundational tool in social science research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Henry Nie
Target entity description: Norman Henry Nie was an American political scientist, social researcher, and co-creator of the SPSS statistical software package, which became a foundational tool in social science research.
  • A. Kenneth N. Taylor
    Kenneth N. Taylor was an American publisher and author best known for creating the popular paraphrased Bible edition The Living Bible and for founding Tyndale House Publishers.
  • B. Carl Lerner
    Carl Lerner was an American film editor best known for his work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the thriller "Klute."
  • C. William Maynard Hutchins
    William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
  • D. Ithiel de Sola Pool
    Ithiel de Sola Pool was an influential American political scientist and communications scholar known for pioneering work on the social and political impacts of mass media and emerging information technologies.
  • E. Nunnally Johnson
    Nunnally Johnson was an American screenwriter, producer, and director known for adapting major literary works for Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ca83e8e9248190862cf3e41693b310 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd9429b448190a078e9cdfedd4918 completed April 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d05c451210819091188151d799e4cb completed April 4, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d05dbbe0d08190a15107c17948167f completed April 4, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d05e34ae6881908172770c6097a5e5 completed April 4, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.