Triple

T1451917
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elwyn R. Berlekamp E31309 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
E479214 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: James L. Massey | Statement: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, James L. Massey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James L. Massey
Context triple: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, James L. Massey]
  • A. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Charles A. Myers
    Charles A. Myers was an American economist and labor relations scholar known for his influential work on industrial relations and collaboration with fellow academic Clark Kerr.
  • D. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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: James L. Massey
Triple: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, notableStudent, James L. Massey]
Generated description
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James L. Massey
Target entity description: James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • A. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Charles A. Myers
    Charles A. Myers was an American economist and labor relations scholar known for his influential work on industrial relations and collaboration with fellow academic Clark Kerr.
  • D. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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_69be6f7ccdf4819099dbfcad566293ea completed March 21, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be71e51e2c81908ba671506e931fd2 completed March 21, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be7236cb6481908c130b4f33fb79a0 completed March 21, 2026, 10:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.