Triple

T3418610
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bjarne Stroustrup E72065 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object David Wheeler
David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
E358062 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: David Wheeler | Statement: [Bjarne Stroustrup, doctoralAdvisor, David Wheeler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Wheeler
Context triple: [Bjarne Stroustrup, doctoralAdvisor, David Wheeler]
  • A. Richard Denning
    Richard Denning was an American film and radio actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century comedies and dramas, including prominent work in both radio and early television.
  • B. David J. Wetherall
    David J. Wetherall is a computer scientist and academic known for his influential work and textbooks in computer networking.
  • C. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. Christopher B. Roberts
    Christopher B. Roberts is an American academic and engineer who serves as the president of Auburn University.
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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: David Wheeler
Triple: [Bjarne Stroustrup, doctoralAdvisor, David Wheeler]
Generated description
David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Wheeler
Target entity description: David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
  • A. Richard Denning
    Richard Denning was an American film and radio actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century comedies and dramas, including prominent work in both radio and early television.
  • B. David J. Wetherall
    David J. Wetherall is a computer scientist and academic known for his influential work and textbooks in computer networking.
  • C. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. Christopher B. Roberts
    Christopher B. Roberts is an American academic and engineer who serves as the president of Auburn University.
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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_69ad85ad38e48190b7660c5118a35289 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb92df1e48190bbf22a47e44579f1 completed March 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3546e710c8190a6b9523b77f6c893 completed March 13, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3584f321c8190841a96be2a6713e1 completed March 13, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3591b7bc88190825dcd306541ae03 completed March 13, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.