Triple

T1662497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Baran E35939 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
E187378 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: RAND Corporation | Statement: [Paul Baran, employer, RAND Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAND Corporation
Context triple: [Paul Baran, employer, RAND Corporation]
  • A. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • B. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • C. Brookings Institution
    The Brookings Institution is a prominent nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., known for its influential research and policy analysis on economics, governance, and international affairs.
  • D. Washington Institute
    Washington Institute was the original name of what is now Washington University in St. Louis, a major private research university in Missouri.
  • E. Federation of American Scientists
    The Federation of American Scientists is a U.S.-based nonprofit policy and advocacy organization focused on issues such as nuclear security, science policy, and government transparency.
  • 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: RAND Corporation
Triple: [Paul Baran, employer, RAND Corporation]
Generated description
RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAND Corporation
Target entity description: RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
  • A. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • B. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • C. Brookings Institution
    The Brookings Institution is a prominent nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., known for its influential research and policy analysis on economics, governance, and international affairs.
  • D. Washington Institute
    Washington Institute was the original name of what is now Washington University in St. Louis, a major private research university in Missouri.
  • E. Federation of American Scientists
    The Federation of American Scientists is a U.S.-based nonprofit policy and advocacy organization focused on issues such as nuclear security, science policy, and government transparency.
  • 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90ab3bd7081908d15d772b10aebbe completed March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad682d968081909494920f3a7ea3af completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad69017e448190b337337431c6f797 completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad6966c3108190bf2519f698dd3903 completed March 8, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.