Triple

T18227197
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Atlas computer E436450 entity
Predicate developer P73 FINISHED
Object Jack Howlett
Jack Howlett was a British mathematician and computer scientist best known for leading the development and operation of early high-performance computing at the Atlas Computer Laboratory in the 1960s.
E1312790 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: Jack Howlett | Statement: [Atlas computer, developer, Jack Howlett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Howlett
Context triple: [Atlas computer, developer, Jack Howlett]
  • A. Dan Howell
    Dan Howell is a British YouTuber, comedian, and presenter best known for his channel "danisnotonfire" and his collaborations with fellow creator Phil Lester.
  • B. Andrew Jenkins
    Andrew Jenkins is a British businessman best known for his long-serving leadership role as chairman of Carlisle United Football Club.
  • C. Luke Halpin
    Luke Halpin is an American actor best known for his role as Sandy Ricks in the original 1960s Flipper films and television series.
  • D. Jason Howland
    Jason Howland is an American composer, songwriter, and producer best known for his work on Broadway musicals and theatrical scores.
  • E. Jack Howes
    Jack Howes is a family member of the late English actress and singer Sally Ann Howes.
  • 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: Jack Howlett
Triple: [Atlas computer, developer, Jack Howlett]
Generated description
Jack Howlett was a British mathematician and computer scientist best known for leading the development and operation of early high-performance computing at the Atlas Computer Laboratory in the 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Howlett
Target entity description: Jack Howlett was a British mathematician and computer scientist best known for leading the development and operation of early high-performance computing at the Atlas Computer Laboratory in the 1960s.
  • A. Dan Howell
    Dan Howell is a British YouTuber, comedian, and presenter best known for his channel "danisnotonfire" and his collaborations with fellow creator Phil Lester.
  • B. Andrew Jenkins
    Andrew Jenkins is a British businessman best known for his long-serving leadership role as chairman of Carlisle United Football Club.
  • C. Luke Halpin
    Luke Halpin is an American actor best known for his role as Sandy Ricks in the original 1960s Flipper films and television series.
  • D. Jason Howland
    Jason Howland is an American composer, songwriter, and producer best known for his work on Broadway musicals and theatrical scores.
  • E. Jack Howes
    Jack Howes is a family member of the late English actress and singer Sally Ann Howes.
  • 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4f4aff8748190be5e732f9dbc8dff completed April 19, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a039f1fd2e48190b7d20d3b72d61e7a completed May 12, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a039fcd9548819088b6f89a24e5f14e completed May 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03a14b22208190b4f18bff55367dc9 completed May 12, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.