Triple
T14327667
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Joy |
E355254
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Nelson Joy
William Nelson Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key contributor to the development of the Unix operating system and the Java programming language.
|
E1152694
|
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: William Nelson Joy | Statement: [Bill Joy, birthName, William Nelson Joy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nelson Joy Context triple: [Bill Joy, birthName, William Nelson Joy]
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A.
Edward Clark Whiting
Edward Clark Whiting was an American landscape architect associated with the renowned Olmsted Brothers firm, contributing to early 20th-century park and urban design projects.
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B.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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C.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
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D.
William Allen Young
William Allen Young is an American actor and director best known for his television roles on series such as "Moesha" and "Code Black."
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E.
Fred Loring Seely
Fred Loring Seely was an American businessman, philanthropist, and designer best known for his pivotal role in developing and managing the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
- 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: William Nelson Joy Triple: [Bill Joy, birthName, William Nelson Joy]
Generated description
William Nelson Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key contributor to the development of the Unix operating system and the Java programming language.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nelson Joy Target entity description: William Nelson Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key contributor to the development of the Unix operating system and the Java programming language.
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A.
Edward Clark Whiting
Edward Clark Whiting was an American landscape architect associated with the renowned Olmsted Brothers firm, contributing to early 20th-century park and urban design projects.
-
B.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
-
C.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
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D.
William Allen Young
William Allen Young is an American actor and director best known for his television roles on series such as "Moesha" and "Code Black."
-
E.
Fred Loring Seely
Fred Loring Seely was an American businessman, philanthropist, and designer best known for his pivotal role in developing and managing the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
- 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8c1c3e70819084b6728ac5c18561 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff0b3017808190a44087056ba6a472 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff0bb903f881909619cece7def68e4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff0c81636c81909536e69b48c5c400 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.