Triple
T23424
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MIT Media Lab |
E465
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte is an American architect and technology visionary best known as the founding director of the MIT Media Lab and a prominent advocate for the digital revolution.
|
E34093
|
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: Nicholas Negroponte | Statement: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Nicholas Negroponte]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Negroponte Context triple: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Nicholas Negroponte]
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A.
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is a prominent technology publisher, author, and founder of O'Reilly Media, known for popularizing terms like "open source" and "Web 2.0" and for his influential role in shaping the modern tech industry.
-
B.
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.
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C.
Hal Abelson
Hal Abelson is an American computer scientist and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in computer science education, open knowledge, and software freedom.
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D.
Ted Nelson
Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
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E.
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and venture capitalist best known as the co-creator of the Mosaic web browser and co-founder of Netscape and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
- 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: Nicholas Negroponte Triple: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Nicholas Negroponte]
Generated description
Nicholas Negroponte is an American architect and technology visionary best known as the founding director of the MIT Media Lab and a prominent advocate for the digital revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Negroponte Target entity description: Nicholas Negroponte is an American architect and technology visionary best known as the founding director of the MIT Media Lab and a prominent advocate for the digital revolution.
-
A.
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is a prominent technology publisher, author, and founder of O'Reilly Media, known for popularizing terms like "open source" and "Web 2.0" and for his influential role in shaping the modern tech industry.
-
B.
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.
-
C.
Hal Abelson
Hal Abelson is an American computer scientist and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in computer science education, open knowledge, and software freedom.
-
D.
Ted Nelson
Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
-
E.
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and venture capitalist best known as the co-creator of the Mosaic web browser and co-founder of Netscape and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
- 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2466bdc7c81908bcd14b53a99cf4f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3860dc1448190a24e479d983d9fc6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a386981ed481908783b2de31c46f23 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3870030a481909c413058525afcfd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.