Triple

T23045923
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Graham E573876 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" — 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: essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" | Statement: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"
Context triple: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"]
  • A. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
    23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism is a popular economics book by Ha-Joon Chang that challenges mainstream free-market assumptions through accessible, myth-busting essays.
  • B. Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
    Don’t Quit Your Day Job! is a studio album by the hip hop group Consequence, showcasing his witty lyricism and personal storytelling over soulful, sample-driven production.
  • C. The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
    The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
  • D. Parkinson’s law of triviality
    Parkinson’s law of triviality is the adage that people in organizations tend to give disproportionate attention and time to trivial issues while neglecting more important, complex matters.
  • E. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
    Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
  • 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: essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"
Target entity description: The essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" is a widely cited startup essay by Paul Graham that argues early-stage founders should focus on intensive, unscalable efforts—like personally recruiting users—to achieve initial traction and product-market fit.
  • A. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
    23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism is a popular economics book by Ha-Joon Chang that challenges mainstream free-market assumptions through accessible, myth-busting essays.
  • B. Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
    Don’t Quit Your Day Job! is a studio album by the hip hop group Consequence, showcasing his witty lyricism and personal storytelling over soulful, sample-driven production.
  • C. The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
    The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
  • D. Parkinson’s law of triviality
    Parkinson’s law of triviality is the adage that people in organizations tend to give disproportionate attention and time to trivial issues while neglecting more important, complex matters.
  • E. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
    Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
  • 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_69e245b9c11481909d06c872214d21af completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f185192754819093a87d23371e7bbc completed April 29, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:54 p.m.