Triple

T1377537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan Kay E29258 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object David C. Evans
David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
E284900 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: David C. Evans | Statement: [Alan Kay, doctoralAdvisor, David C. Evans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David C. Evans
Context triple: [Alan Kay, doctoralAdvisor, David C. Evans]
  • A. David A. Evans
    David A. Evans was a highly influential American organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and the development of the Evans aldol reaction.
  • B. David Howell Evans
    David Howell Evans, better known as The Edge, is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the Irish rock band U2, renowned for his distinctive, effects-driven playing style.
  • C. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Mark W. Everson
    Mark W. Everson is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the George W. Bush administration.
  • E. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • 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: David C. Evans
Triple: [Alan Kay, doctoralAdvisor, David C. Evans]
Generated description
David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David C. Evans
Target entity description: David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
  • A. David A. Evans
    David A. Evans was a highly influential American organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and the development of the Evans aldol reaction.
  • B. David Howell Evans
    David Howell Evans, better known as The Edge, is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the Irish rock band U2, renowned for his distinctive, effects-driven playing style.
  • C. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Mark W. Everson
    Mark W. Everson is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the George W. Bush administration.
  • E. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • 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_69a498d883a48190bfdca525296ef7ee completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3173548819082aec7c1af9c577c completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af903825d881909c3f2ec2c307019d completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af944a9cd481908693706d7601c5a1 completed March 10, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af94801ae88190b41ac27660674506 completed March 10, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.