Triple

T15575928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Long Now Foundation E374369 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David Eagleman
David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, and public engagement with brain science.
E1164613 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: David Eagleman | Statement: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, David Eagleman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Eagleman
Context triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, David Eagleman]
  • A. Patricia Churchland
    Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
  • B. Daniel Brainard
    Daniel Brainard was a 19th-century American physician and medical educator best known as the founder and first president of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
  • C. Christof Koch
    Christof Koch is a neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on the neural basis of consciousness and long collaboration with Francis Crick.
  • D. V. S. Ramachandran
    V. S. Ramachandran is an Indian-American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on visual perception, phantom limbs, and the neural basis of consciousness.
  • E. Matt Lieberman
    Matt Lieberman is an American screenwriter known for writing family-oriented and genre films, including the 2019 animated adaptation of The Addams Family.
  • 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: David Eagleman
Triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, David Eagleman]
Generated description
David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, and public engagement with brain science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Eagleman
Target entity description: David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, and public engagement with brain science.
  • A. Patricia Churchland
    Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
  • B. Daniel Brainard
    Daniel Brainard was a 19th-century American physician and medical educator best known as the founder and first president of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
  • C. Christof Koch
    Christof Koch is a neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on the neural basis of consciousness and long collaboration with Francis Crick.
  • D. V. S. Ramachandran
    V. S. Ramachandran is an Indian-American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on visual perception, phantom limbs, and the neural basis of consciousness.
  • E. Matt Lieberman
    Matt Lieberman is an American screenwriter known for writing family-oriented and genre films, including the 2019 animated adaptation of The Addams Family.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e2140388190a8df7b835eaa72ce completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4978ec8190a57de5d9a2ec6653 completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4d0678648190b61fbe79a60da8ec completed May 9, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff4d9258148190b21201bb09e16999 completed May 9, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.