Triple

T1451916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elwyn R. Berlekamp E31309 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Thomas M. Cover
Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.
 E165813 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: Thomas M. Cover | Statement: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, Thomas M. Cover]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas M. Cover
Context triple: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, Thomas M. Cover]
  • A. Andrew Viterbi
    Andrew Viterbi is an Italian-American engineer and co-founder of Qualcomm best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, a fundamental method used in digital communication and error correction.
  • B. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • C. Richard Lipton
    Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
  • D. Charles Bennett
    Charles Bennett was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock on several classic suspense films.
  • E. J Strother Moore
    J Strother Moore is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods, including co-developing the Boyer–Moore theorem prover and the ACL2 system.
  • 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: Thomas M. Cover
Triple: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, Thomas M. Cover]
Generated description
Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas M. Cover
Target entity description: Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.
  • A. Andrew Viterbi
    Andrew Viterbi is an Italian-American engineer and co-founder of Qualcomm best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, a fundamental method used in digital communication and error correction.
  • B. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • C. Richard Lipton
    Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
  • D. Charles Bennett
    Charles Bennett was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock on several classic suspense films.
  • E. J Strother Moore
    J Strother Moore is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods, including co-developing the Boyer–Moore theorem prover and the ACL2 system.
  • 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_69a499171a28819085b993a3ac78e363 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c57d34cc8190801b769d9d9b2e2e completed March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08c6f7c881908d1ef9f7897895a6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0a53fa6c8190bc44e8a3f9aec62f completed March 8, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0aefb1c88190a368d68454a0b9d0 completed March 8, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.