Triple
T1587920
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lawrence G. Roberts |
E34107
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Donald Davies |
E27013
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Donald Davies | Statement: [Lawrence G. Roberts, influencedBy, Donald Davies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Davies Context triple: [Lawrence G. Roberts, influencedBy, Donald Davies]
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A.
Donald Davies
chosen
Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who pioneered the concept of packet switching, a foundational technology for modern computer networks and the internet.
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B.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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C.
Peter Whittle
Peter Whittle is a prominent New Zealand-born mathematician and statistician renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, time series analysis, and stochastic processes.
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D.
Thomas Beeby
Thomas Beeby is an American architect associated with the New Classical movement, known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings.
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E.
Keith Runcorn
Keith Runcorn was a British geophysicist whose pioneering work on paleomagnetism provided key evidence for continental drift and plate tectonics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a9090c8e488190aa25893c5ef0fe22 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad58bec288819082326e9e17ed289d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.