Triple

T14383682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Buxton E356670 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Alias Research
Alias Research was a pioneering Canadian software company best known for its high-end 3D graphics and animation tools that later evolved into Alias|Wavefront and Maya.
E1097826 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: Alias Research | Statement: [Bill Buxton, employer, Alias Research]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alias Research
Context triple: [Bill Buxton, employer, Alias Research]
  • A. Case Research Laboratory
    The Case Research Laboratory was an early 20th-century research facility best known for pioneering work in sound-on-film motion picture technology.
  • B. Plug Research
    Plug Research is an independent record label known for releasing forward-thinking electronic, soul, and experimental music.
  • C. Alexander Search
    Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
  • D. Investigative Services Bureau
    The Investigative Services Bureau is a division of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department responsible for conducting major criminal investigations and providing specialized investigative support.
  • E. Augmentation Research Center
    The Augmentation Research Center was a pioneering research group at SRI International led by Douglas Engelbart, known for groundbreaking work in interactive computing, including the development of the oN-Line System (NLS), the computer mouse, and early hypertext.
  • 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: Alias Research
Triple: [Bill Buxton, employer, Alias Research]
Generated description
Alias Research was a pioneering Canadian software company best known for its high-end 3D graphics and animation tools that later evolved into Alias|Wavefront and Maya.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alias Research
Target entity description: Alias Research was a pioneering Canadian software company best known for its high-end 3D graphics and animation tools that later evolved into Alias|Wavefront and Maya.
  • A. Case Research Laboratory
    The Case Research Laboratory was an early 20th-century research facility best known for pioneering work in sound-on-film motion picture technology.
  • B. Plug Research
    Plug Research is an independent record label known for releasing forward-thinking electronic, soul, and experimental music.
  • C. Alexander Search
    Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
  • D. Investigative Services Bureau
    The Investigative Services Bureau is a division of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department responsible for conducting major criminal investigations and providing specialized investigative support.
  • E. Augmentation Research Center
    The Augmentation Research Center was a pioneering research group at SRI International led by Douglas Engelbart, known for groundbreaking work in interactive computing, including the development of the oN-Line System (NLS), the computer mouse, and early hypertext.
  • 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_69d827927c988190ad98bb0360981783 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de900d28c88190a37feee4743563de completed April 14, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd5511c9e4819089dcbf089ca0dc6a completed May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd5671340081909d87978be2a5522b completed May 8, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd57a6711881909429bba35ee867c6 completed May 8, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.