Triple
T1413043
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ken Thompson |
E31846
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Lane Thompson |
E31846
|
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: Kenneth Lane Thompson | Statement: [Ken Thompson, fullName, Kenneth Lane Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Lane Thompson Context triple: [Ken Thompson, fullName, Kenneth Lane Thompson]
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A.
Ken Thompson
chosen
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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B.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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C.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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D.
Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll is an American software engineer and co-creator of Adobe Photoshop, whose early image-editing program evolved into the industry-standard digital imaging software.
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E.
Guy L. Steele Jr.
Guy L. Steele Jr. is an American computer scientist renowned for his influential work in programming language design, standards, and implementation, including major contributions to Lisp, Scheme, and Java.
- 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c3e476f08190aed1576805c62462 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace57ec2d88190b06d0f20e3b52462 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.