Triple
T3583754
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise |
E75861
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John R. Pierce |
E12040
|
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: John R. Pierce | Statement: [An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, author, John R. Pierce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Pierce Context triple: [An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, author, John R. Pierce]
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A.
John R. Pierce
chosen
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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B.
Albert R. Meyer
Albert R. Meyer is an American computer scientist and professor at MIT known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and the foundations of computation.
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C.
John L. Selfridge
John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
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D.
Charles Stark Draper
Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
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E.
George A. Aiken
George A. Aiken was a 19th-century American dramatist best known for his hugely popular stage adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin."
- 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_69ad85d6dc3c8190b491b79b83e25461 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc10f9b508190bde4a4e4711dd452 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4882803e481908bc716c8beda3c73 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.