Triple

T1531289
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software E32448 entity
Predicate hasAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object Ralph Johnson
Ralph Johnson is a computer scientist and influential software engineer best known as one of the "Gang of Four" authors who popularized design patterns in object-oriented programming.
E289617 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: Ralph Johnson | Statement: [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, hasAuthor, Ralph Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Johnson
Context triple: [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, hasAuthor, Ralph Johnson]
  • A. Fred C. Dobbs
    Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
  • B. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • C. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • D. Lofton R. Henderson
    Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
  • E. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • 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: Ralph Johnson
Triple: [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, hasAuthor, Ralph Johnson]
Generated description
Ralph Johnson is a computer scientist and influential software engineer best known as one of the "Gang of Four" authors who popularized design patterns in object-oriented programming.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Johnson
Target entity description: Ralph Johnson is a computer scientist and influential software engineer best known as one of the "Gang of Four" authors who popularized design patterns in object-oriented programming.
  • A. Fred C. Dobbs
    Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
  • B. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • C. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • D. Lofton R. Henderson
    Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
  • E. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90816b5e88190aa92a8558e35744b completed March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf15a4248190b898e3bfbeb2997a completed March 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb000ed448190a3d6db802eb88958 completed March 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb07e1d2c8190a8b8da3d3641b36c completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.