Triple
T12109321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System |
E288380
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ivan Sutherland |
E56477
|
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: Ivan Sutherland | Statement: [Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System, author, Ivan Sutherland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan Sutherland Context triple: [Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System, author, Ivan Sutherland]
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A.
Ivan Sutherland
chosen
Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.
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B.
Victor Sutherland
Victor Sutherland was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in films such as the science fiction thriller "Donovan's Brain."
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C.
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the computer mouse and groundbreaking concepts in interactive computing and hypertext that helped shape modern personal computing.
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D.
Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
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E.
Walter Rosenblith
Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
- 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915632dc48190863e0239cef37e24 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63456d8dc8190b788957a37b985ca |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.