Triple

T390707
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University E8872 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object James Kuffner
James Kuffner is an American roboticist and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in motion planning and for leadership roles at Google and Toyota in robotics and autonomous systems.
E164904 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: James Kuffner | Statement: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasAlumnus, James Kuffner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kuffner
Context triple: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasAlumnus, James Kuffner]
  • A. John Pehle
    John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
  • B. Eric Fellner
    Eric Fellner is a British film producer and co-chairman of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous successful UK and international movies.
  • C. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • D. John Pleffer
    John Pleffer is an Australian architect best known as the husband of acclaimed film director Gillian Armstrong.
  • E. Tony Kubek
    Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
  • 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: James Kuffner
Triple: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasAlumnus, James Kuffner]
Generated description
James Kuffner is an American roboticist and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in motion planning and for leadership roles at Google and Toyota in robotics and autonomous systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kuffner
Target entity description: James Kuffner is an American roboticist and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in motion planning and for leadership roles at Google and Toyota in robotics and autonomous systems.
  • A. John Pehle
    John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
  • B. Eric Fellner
    Eric Fellner is a British film producer and co-chairman of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous successful UK and international movies.
  • C. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • D. John Pleffer
    John Pleffer is an Australian architect best known as the husband of acclaimed film director Gillian Armstrong.
  • E. Tony Kubek
    Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5d73e881909101308a583c8f13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad089201a08190a84c7d8f32238297 completed March 8, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad09206e988190ad76f8beaa8f9fe6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0a30bcdc81908090d6a094ece0f4 completed March 8, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.