Triple

T23036828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arthur Fry E573619 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Spencer Silver
Spencer Silver was an American chemist at 3M best known for inventing the low-tack adhesive that led to the creation of Post-it Notes.
E1567118 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: Spencer Silver | Statement: [Arthur Fry, collaboratedWith, Spencer Silver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spencer Silver
Context triple: [Arthur Fry, collaboratedWith, Spencer Silver]
  • A. Wallace Wooley
    Wallace Wooley is the mild-mannered, politically ambitious New England politician who becomes entangled with a mischievous witch in the classic 1942 romantic fantasy film "I Married a Witch."
  • B. Roy J. Plunkett
    Roy J. Plunkett was an American chemist best known for accidentally discovering the nonstick polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later trademarked as Teflon, while working for DuPont in 1938.
  • C. Chester Carlson
    Chester Carlson was an American physicist and inventor best known for creating xerography, the dry photocopying process that led to the founding of Xerox.
  • D. Lonnie Johnson
    Lonnie Johnson was an influential American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose innovative single-string solo style helped shape modern blues and early electric guitar playing.
  • E. Alan Milliken
    Alan Milliken is a powerful and influential political figure in the television series "24," known for his antagonistic role in high-level government intrigue.
  • 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: Spencer Silver
Triple: [Arthur Fry, collaboratedWith, Spencer Silver]
Generated description
Spencer Silver was an American chemist at 3M best known for inventing the low-tack adhesive that led to the creation of Post-it Notes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spencer Silver
Target entity description: Spencer Silver was an American chemist at 3M best known for inventing the low-tack adhesive that led to the creation of Post-it Notes.
  • A. Wallace Wooley
    Wallace Wooley is the mild-mannered, politically ambitious New England politician who becomes entangled with a mischievous witch in the classic 1942 romantic fantasy film "I Married a Witch."
  • B. Roy J. Plunkett
    Roy J. Plunkett was an American chemist best known for accidentally discovering the nonstick polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later trademarked as Teflon, while working for DuPont in 1938.
  • C. Chester Carlson
    Chester Carlson was an American physicist and inventor best known for creating xerography, the dry photocopying process that led to the founding of Xerox.
  • D. Lonnie Johnson
    Lonnie Johnson was an influential American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose innovative single-string solo style helped shape modern blues and early electric guitar playing.
  • E. Alan Milliken
    Alan Milliken is a powerful and influential political figure in the television series "24," known for his antagonistic role in high-level government intrigue.
  • 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_69e245b911188190bc3d96326c847969 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1850fe5348190b42259595d82cff4 completed April 29, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bf2b8e994819086dbfa0936898360 completed May 19, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bfbc5b19c8190aed3f1199410b996 completed May 19, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bfccedf2c8190833df43ea2c294ca completed May 19, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:53 p.m.