Triple
T11970284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David C. Evans |
E284900
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edwin Catmull |
E46391
|
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: Edwin Catmull | Statement: [David C. Evans, notableStudent, Edwin Catmull]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Catmull Context triple: [David C. Evans, notableStudent, Edwin Catmull]
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A.
Edwin Catmull
chosen
Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
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B.
John Knoll
John Knoll is a visual effects supervisor and software developer best known as the co-creator of Adobe Photoshop and a longtime leader at Industrial Light & Magic.
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C.
Loren Carpenter
Loren Carpenter is a pioneering computer graphics researcher and co-founder of Pixar who helped revolutionize CGI in film through innovations like fractal landscape rendering and the RenderMan system.
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D.
Jim Blinn
Jim Blinn is a pioneering computer graphics researcher best known for developing influential rendering techniques such as Blinn–Phong shading and environment mapping.
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E.
Peter Shirley
Peter Shirley is a character in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Major Barbara," depicted as an aging, unemployed worker whose struggles highlight themes of poverty and social injustice.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9037bee54819085242a3ef3e286f9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f459691ff0819099282172933d2d81 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.