Triple
T18222302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | lme4 |
E436334
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAuthor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Douglas Bates |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Douglas Bates | Statement: [lme4, hasAuthor, Douglas Bates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Bates Context triple: [lme4, hasAuthor, Douglas Bates]
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A.
James L. Lumley
James L. Lumley was a prominent American mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for influential research in turbulence and contributions to the theoretical foundations of fluid mechanics.
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B.
James P. Snee
James P. Snee is an American business executive best known as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods Corporation.
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C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
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D.
Barton Myers
Barton Myers is a Canadian-American architect renowned for his innovative urban infill projects and prominent cultural and civic buildings across North America.
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E.
Joseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill was an early 20th-century American silent film actor who appeared in several D. W. Griffith productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Bates Target entity description: Douglas Bates is a statistician and R developer best known for his work on mixed-effects models and for co-authoring the lme4 package.
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A.
James L. Lumley
James L. Lumley was a prominent American mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for influential research in turbulence and contributions to the theoretical foundations of fluid mechanics.
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B.
James P. Snee
James P. Snee is an American business executive best known as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods Corporation.
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C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
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D.
Barton Myers
Barton Myers is a Canadian-American architect renowned for his innovative urban infill projects and prominent cultural and civic buildings across North America.
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E.
Joseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill was an early 20th-century American silent film actor who appeared in several D. W. Griffith productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4e47c85108190bd9707b40bdfdb38 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.