Triple

T95816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pascal E1927 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist best known for creating several influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon, and for his pioneering work in software engineering and programming language design.
E30898 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: Niklaus Wirth | Statement: [Pascal, designer, Niklaus Wirth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niklaus Wirth
Context triple: [Pascal, designer, Niklaus Wirth]
  • A. Edsger W. Dijkstra
    Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.
  • B. Tony Hoare
    Tony Hoare is a British computer scientist best known for developing the Quicksort algorithm and making foundational contributions to programming languages and formal methods.
  • C. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • D. Alan Kay
    Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
  • E. Donald E. Knuth
    Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."
  • 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: Niklaus Wirth
Triple: [Pascal, designer, Niklaus Wirth]
Generated description
Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist best known for creating several influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon, and for his pioneering work in software engineering and programming language design.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niklaus Wirth
Target entity description: Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist best known for creating several influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon, and for his pioneering work in software engineering and programming language design.
  • A. Edsger W. Dijkstra
    Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.
  • B. Tony Hoare
    Tony Hoare is a British computer scientist best known for developing the Quicksort algorithm and making foundational contributions to programming languages and formal methods.
  • C. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • D. Alan Kay
    Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
  • E. Donald E. Knuth
    Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."
  • 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_69a24d4862f881908cc8b89d3a78031d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24fd4777c81909ea9b9a6bd4f7ad5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3672af4fc8190a99265c93181be5d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a367aa62f481908414358a21667187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3686970ac81908ba7efe90feb26fd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.