Triple

T10647560
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Cerf E250875 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cerf
Cerf is a surname most prominently associated with Vint Cerf, a pioneering computer scientist often called one of the "fathers of the Internet."
 E878196 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: Cerf | Statement: [Christopher Cerf, familyName, Cerf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cerf
Context triple: [Christopher Cerf, familyName, Cerf]
  • A. Jonathan B. Postel
    Jonathan B. Postel was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational role in developing and administering core Internet protocols and standards.
  • B. S. Floyd
    S. Floyd is a computer scientist best known for influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring key IETF standards.
  • C. Steve Crocker
    Steve Crocker is an American computer scientist best known for initiating and authoring the first Request for Comments (RFC) documents that shaped the early Internet’s protocols and standards.
  • D. Postel
    Postel is a surname most prominently associated with Jon Postel, a pioneering computer scientist and key architect of the early Internet.
  • E. Negroponte
    Negroponte is the historical Venetian name for the island and city of Euboea (Chalcis) in Greece, a strategically important stronghold in the late medieval and early modern Eastern Mediterranean.
  • 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: Cerf
Triple: [Christopher Cerf, familyName, Cerf]
Generated description
Cerf is a surname most prominently associated with Vint Cerf, a pioneering computer scientist often called one of the "fathers of the Internet."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cerf
Target entity description: Cerf is a surname most prominently associated with Vint Cerf, a pioneering computer scientist often called one of the "fathers of the Internet."
  • A. Jonathan B. Postel
    Jonathan B. Postel was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational role in developing and administering core Internet protocols and standards.
  • B. S. Floyd
    S. Floyd is a computer scientist best known for influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring key IETF standards.
  • C. Steve Crocker
    Steve Crocker is an American computer scientist best known for initiating and authoring the first Request for Comments (RFC) documents that shaped the early Internet’s protocols and standards.
  • D. Postel
    Postel is a surname most prominently associated with Jon Postel, a pioneering computer scientist and key architect of the early Internet.
  • E. Negroponte
    Negroponte is the historical Venetian name for the island and city of Euboea (Chalcis) in Greece, a strategically important stronghold in the late medieval and early modern Eastern Mediterranean.
  • 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6dfe29b8081908eb13637e0475ba1 completed April 8, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d97a580d388190aea5edadd4afc0d1 completed April 10, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d97cc20448819094d650b9c1067dca completed April 10, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d97e0cda0c8190af5013b971b2ad3c completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:05 p.m.