Triple
T3043271
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Tarjan |
E83180
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAcademicAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Donald Knuth |
E17089
|
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: Donald Knuth | Statement: [Robert Tarjan, hasAcademicAdvisor, Donald Knuth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Knuth Context triple: [Robert Tarjan, hasAcademicAdvisor, Donald Knuth]
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A.
Donald E. Knuth
chosen
Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."
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B.
Jon Bentley
Jon Bentley is a computer scientist and author best known for his influential "Programming Pearls" columns and books on programming techniques and problem solving.
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C.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.
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D.
Alfred V. Aho
Alfred V. Aho is a Canadian computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and compiler design, and as a co-creator of the AWK programming language.
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E.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
- 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_69ad8b2298908190a7cb4e9bdbf064d0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9b5ec5988190b8b6c95c743c6d1e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1ded35e008190be7dd72aa7537a3b |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.