Triple

T2532881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John W. Mauchly E56200 entity
Predicate hasChild P369 FINISHED
Object James W. Mauchly
James W. Mauchly is the son of computing pioneer John W. Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC computer.
 E280707 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 W. Mauchly | Statement: [John W. Mauchly, hasChild, James W. Mauchly]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James W. Mauchly
Context triple: [John W. Mauchly, hasChild, James W. Mauchly]
  • A. John W. Mauchly
    John W. Mauchly was an American physicist and computer engineer best known as the co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
  • B. J. Presper Eckert
    J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer best known as the co-inventor of ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
  • C. Howard Aiken
    Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
  • D. Maurice Wilkes
    Maurice Wilkes was a pioneering British computer scientist best known for building the EDSAC, one of the first practical stored-program computers, and for introducing microprogramming.
  • E. Kathleen McNulty Mauchly
    Kathleen McNulty Mauchly was a pioneering Irish-American computer programmer best known as one of the original ENIAC programmers and an early trailblazer for women in computing.
  • 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 W. Mauchly
Triple: [John W. Mauchly, hasChild, James W. Mauchly]
Generated description
James W. Mauchly is the son of computing pioneer John W. Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC computer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James W. Mauchly
Target entity description: James W. Mauchly is the son of computing pioneer John W. Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC computer.
  • A. John W. Mauchly
    John W. Mauchly was an American physicist and computer engineer best known as the co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
  • B. J. Presper Eckert
    J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer best known as the co-inventor of ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
  • C. Howard Aiken
    Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
  • D. Maurice Wilkes
    Maurice Wilkes was a pioneering British computer scientist best known for building the EDSAC, one of the first practical stored-program computers, and for introducing microprogramming.
  • E. Kathleen McNulty Mauchly
    Kathleen McNulty Mauchly was a pioneering Irish-American computer programmer best known as one of the original ENIAC programmers and an early trailblazer for women in computing.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd279cf108190b03fb6e0265f39d9 completed March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af83921d3481909f7bf43b3300056c completed March 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af8421dae081909fd8c7ac37cd96f3 completed March 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af8487bcac819085b6f5827a48696a completed March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.