Triple

T1531599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code E32454 entity
Predicate contributor P1993 FINISHED
Object Kent Beck
Kent Beck is an influential American software engineer and author, best known as a pioneer of Extreme Programming, Test-Driven Development, and modern agile software practices.
E173633 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: Kent Beck | Statement: [Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, contributor, Kent Beck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Beck
Context triple: [Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, contributor, Kent Beck]
  • A. Phil Zimmermann
    Phil Zimmermann is an American cryptographer best known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a widely used email encryption software that helped popularize strong cryptography for the public.
  • B. Martin Hurson
    Martin Hurson was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
  • C. Andrew McCollum
    Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
  • D. Nick Mitzevich
    Nick Mitzevich is an Australian art curator and museum director known for leading major national art institutions, including the National Gallery of Australia.
  • E. Mike Schafer
    Mike Schafer is a longtime head coach of the Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team, known for leading the program to sustained success and multiple NCAA tournament appearances.
  • 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: Kent Beck
Triple: [Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, contributor, Kent Beck]
Generated description
Kent Beck is an influential American software engineer and author, best known as a pioneer of Extreme Programming, Test-Driven Development, and modern agile software practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Beck
Target entity description: Kent Beck is an influential American software engineer and author, best known as a pioneer of Extreme Programming, Test-Driven Development, and modern agile software practices.
  • A. Phil Zimmermann
    Phil Zimmermann is an American cryptographer best known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a widely used email encryption software that helped popularize strong cryptography for the public.
  • B. Martin Hurson
    Martin Hurson was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
  • C. Andrew McCollum
    Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
  • D. Nick Mitzevich
    Nick Mitzevich is an Australian art curator and museum director known for leading major national art institutions, including the National Gallery of Australia.
  • E. Mike Schafer
    Mike Schafer is a longtime head coach of the Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team, known for leading the program to sustained success and multiple NCAA tournament appearances.
  • 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_69ad2957e6e4819087504a16bc32d60b completed March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad2a18a79c81908f04ba9aa55d52a0 completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2a8deae8819095731fdd1b4bd310 completed March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.