Triple

T9379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bolt Beranek and Newman E188 entity
Predicate notableEmployee P304 FINISHED
Object Ray Tomlinson
Ray Tomlinson was an American computer programmer best known for inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
E23769 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Ray Tomlinson | Statement: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, notableEmployee, Ray Tomlinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Tomlinson
Context triple: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, notableEmployee, Ray Tomlinson]
  • A. Ted Nelson
    Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
  • B. Tim Berners-Lee
    Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
  • C. Conway Berners-Lee
    Conway Berners-Lee was a British mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in early computer design and as the father of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
  • D. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • E. Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
    Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • 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: Ray Tomlinson
Triple: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, notableEmployee, Ray Tomlinson]
Generated description
Ray Tomlinson was an American computer programmer best known for inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Tomlinson
Target entity description: Ray Tomlinson was an American computer programmer best known for inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
  • A. Ted Nelson
    Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
  • B. Tim Berners-Lee
    Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
  • C. Conway Berners-Lee
    Conway Berners-Lee was a British mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in early computer design and as the father of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
  • D. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • E. Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
    Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableEmployee
Context triple: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, notableEmployee, Ray Tomlinson]
  • A. notableFor
    Indicates that an entity is especially recognized or distinguished for a particular quality, achievement, characteristic, or role.
  • B. hasNotableMember chosen
    Indicates that a group, organization, or collection includes at least one member who is distinguished or noteworthy in some significant way.
  • C. notableRecipient
    Indicates that an entity has received a notable award, honor, or recognition from another entity.
  • D. notableContribution
    Indicates that an entity has made a significant, recognized contribution to another entity, field, work, or endeavor.
  • E. notableRelative
    Indicates that an entity has a relative who is notable or well-known, specifying that familial relationship.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a240b249788190af8dbf7e80e9c91b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a302803f50819081a480c33f08b68a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a30336ab2881908899f75c76b0d010 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a303c507e08190b60abbb1740721b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23fe52ec48190a4d24101c91434ed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.