Triple
T2409178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award |
E50345
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ken Thompson |
E31846
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ken Thompson | Statement: [IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Ken Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Thompson Context triple: [IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Ken Thompson]
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A.
Ken Thompson
chosen
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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B.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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C.
Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll is an American software engineer and co-creator of Adobe Photoshop, whose early image-editing program evolved into the industry-standard digital imaging software.
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D.
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the C programming language and Unix tools, and as co-author of the classic book "The C Programming Language."
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc925c6e481909bfd45b361d21963 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3edc63c8190ac6737bf28993f1b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.