Triple

T3380740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Xerox E71175 entity
Predicate notableEmployee P304 FINISHED
Object Charles P. Thacker
Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
 E362109 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: Charles P. Thacker | Statement: [Xerox, notableEmployee, Charles P. Thacker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles P. Thacker
Context triple: [Xerox, notableEmployee, Charles P. Thacker]
  • A. Norman P. Jouppi
    Norman P. Jouppi is a prominent computer architect known for his influential work in processor and memory system design, including leadership roles in industry and contributions to advanced CPU technologies.
  • B. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • C. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • D. Larry Roberts
    Larry Roberts was an American actor best known for providing the voice of Tramp in Disney’s animated film "Lady and the Tramp."
  • E. Donald B. Parkinson
    Donald B. Parkinson was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century landmarks in Los Angeles, often in collaboration with his father John Parkinson.
  • 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: Charles P. Thacker
Triple: [Xerox, notableEmployee, Charles P. Thacker]
Generated description
Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles P. Thacker
Target entity description: Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
  • A. Norman P. Jouppi
    Norman P. Jouppi is a prominent computer architect known for his influential work in processor and memory system design, including leadership roles in industry and contributions to advanced CPU technologies.
  • B. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • C. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • D. Larry Roberts
    Larry Roberts was an American actor best known for providing the voice of Tramp in Disney’s animated film "Lady and the Tramp."
  • E. Donald B. Parkinson
    Donald B. Parkinson was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century landmarks in Los Angeles, often in collaboration with his father John Parkinson.
  • 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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb5e7c7f48190afb78c311b424c93 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3739e9c588190b04b041564c1272d completed March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37425cee08190b64946c61f1c77b1 completed March 13, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3748ae12081909b5f2dfc412b3585 completed March 13, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.