Triple

T317
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Engelbart E5 entity
Predicate residence P75 FINISHED
Object California, United States
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
E26 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: California, United States | Statement: [Douglas Engelbart, residence, California, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California, United States
Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, residence, California, United States]
  • A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
  • B. Carnegie Institution of Washington
    The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
  • C. Harvard University
    Harvard University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its academic excellence, influential alumni, and historic leadership in higher education.
  • D. American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a prestigious U.S. honorary society and independent policy research center that brings together leaders from academia, the arts, business, and public affairs to address complex global challenges.
  • E. National Medal of Science
    The National Medal of Science is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge and advancement.
  • 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: California, United States
Triple: [Douglas Engelbart, residence, California, United States]
Generated description
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California, United States
Target entity description: California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
  • A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
  • B. Carnegie Institution of Washington
    The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
  • C. Harvard University
    Harvard University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its academic excellence, influential alumni, and historic leadership in higher education.
  • D. American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a prestigious U.S. honorary society and independent policy research center that brings together leaders from academia, the arts, business, and public affairs to address complex global challenges.
  • E. National Medal of Science
    The National Medal of Science is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge and advancement.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: residence
Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, residence, California, United States]
  • A. spouse
    Indicates that two entities are married to each other in a legally or socially recognized partnership.
  • B. placeOfBirth
    Indicates the location where a person or other entity was born.
  • C. placeOfDeath
    Indicates the location where an entity (typically a person or animal) died.
  • D. positionHeld
    Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.
  • E. countryOfCitizenship
    Indicates the country in which a person or entity holds legal citizenship.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2266edf048190828e8f53cb7f6ba6 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2273d3b488190b689cecc19808ba0 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a227ecefcc819090d01fd6c1884bab completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a22838402c8190a0e49ebf7d69f22b completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a222f9916081908db2eedc81d85301 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a2266e0fb4819081d1775e498ed96a completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.