Triple

T230381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andries van Dam E4397 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object James D. Foley
James D. Foley is a computer scientist best known for his pioneering work and influential textbooks in the field of computer graphics.
E35563 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: James D. Foley | Statement: [Andries van Dam, coAuthor, James D. Foley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Foley
Context triple: [Andries van Dam, coAuthor, James D. Foley]
  • A. Greg Kouri
    Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
  • B. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
  • C. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • D. Jonathan Corwin
    Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known as one of the judges who presided over the Salem witch trials.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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: James D. Foley
Triple: [Andries van Dam, coAuthor, James D. Foley]
Generated description
James D. Foley is a computer scientist best known for his pioneering work and influential textbooks in the field of computer graphics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Foley
Target entity description: James D. Foley is a computer scientist best known for his pioneering work and influential textbooks in the field of computer graphics.
  • A. Greg Kouri
    Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
  • B. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
  • C. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • D. Jonathan Corwin
    Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known as one of the judges who presided over the Salem witch trials.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cac7994819080b0b3b10808f8e5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38f4c7dbc8190bd240d574dbe77ae completed March 1, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38fd6772081908bbaf308bdbcd5f6 completed March 1, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3908a50088190a7cea3de890a8e86 completed March 1, 2026, 1:04 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.