Triple

T2676733
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ivan Sutherland E56477 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Sutherland, Sproull and Associates
Sutherland, Sproull and Associates was a pioneering computer graphics and technology consulting firm co-founded by computer science visionary Ivan Sutherland.
E288384 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: Sutherland, Sproull and Associates | Statement: [Ivan Sutherland, founded, Sutherland, Sproull and Associates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sutherland, Sproull and Associates
Context triple: [Ivan Sutherland, founded, Sutherland, Sproull and Associates]
  • A. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • B. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • C. Berlekamp and Company
    Berlekamp and Company is an investment management firm established by mathematician and coding theory pioneer Elwyn R. Berlekamp, known for applying quantitative and game-theoretic methods to financial markets.
  • D. Melvin Simon & Associates
    Melvin Simon & Associates was a major American shopping mall development and management company founded by Melvin Simon, known for building and operating numerous retail centers across the United States.
  • E. Infocom
    Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
  • 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: Sutherland, Sproull and Associates
Triple: [Ivan Sutherland, founded, Sutherland, Sproull and Associates]
Generated description
Sutherland, Sproull and Associates was a pioneering computer graphics and technology consulting firm co-founded by computer science visionary Ivan Sutherland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sutherland, Sproull and Associates
Target entity description: Sutherland, Sproull and Associates was a pioneering computer graphics and technology consulting firm co-founded by computer science visionary Ivan Sutherland.
  • A. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • B. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • C. Berlekamp and Company
    Berlekamp and Company is an investment management firm established by mathematician and coding theory pioneer Elwyn R. Berlekamp, known for applying quantitative and game-theoretic methods to financial markets.
  • D. Melvin Simon & Associates
    Melvin Simon & Associates was a major American shopping mall development and management company founded by Melvin Simon, known for building and operating numerous retail centers across the United States.
  • E. Infocom
    Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
  • 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_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9b4a70481909d8b8242039c1cf2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa065a6f48190973a3b6c52aa23bf completed March 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa1c4d33c8190b8efa8c1dac0772f completed March 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa24388f48190854fdbac52ee8a03 completed March 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.