Triple

T2313509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BCPL E51010 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Martin Richards
Martin Richards is a British computer scientist best known for creating the BCPL programming language, which influenced the development of B and C.
E255506 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: Martin Richards | Statement: [BCPL, designer, Martin Richards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Richards
Context triple: [BCPL, designer, Martin Richards]
  • A. Ralph Tomlinson
    Ralph Tomlinson was an 18th-century English lawyer and poet best known for writing the original lyrics to the popular drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven," whose melody later became the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
  • B. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • C. Gary Kildall
    Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
  • D. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • E. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • 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: Martin Richards
Triple: [BCPL, designer, Martin Richards]
Generated description
Martin Richards is a British computer scientist best known for creating the BCPL programming language, which influenced the development of B and C.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Richards
Target entity description: Martin Richards is a British computer scientist best known for creating the BCPL programming language, which influenced the development of B and C.
  • A. Ralph Tomlinson
    Ralph Tomlinson was an 18th-century English lawyer and poet best known for writing the original lyrics to the popular drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven," whose melody later became the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
  • B. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • C. Gary Kildall
    Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
  • D. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • E. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc61c1ef08190911d5f58c2e91189 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae895f5420819087b403e9772dce9a completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8af65eb88190b17d74e7411967cc completed March 9, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8ba02cec8190917c0e17d3fedb0e completed March 9, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.