Triple
T400577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Award for the Advancement of Free Software |
E9270
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alan Cox
Alan Cox is a prominent British software engineer best known for his extensive work on the Linux kernel and long-standing contributions to the free software movement.
|
E162152
|
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: Alan Cox | Statement: [Award for the Advancement of Free Software, notableRecipient, Alan Cox]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Cox Context triple: [Award for the Advancement of Free Software, notableRecipient, Alan Cox]
-
A.
Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
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B.
Lew Hayman
Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
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C.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
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D.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
Geoff Petrie
Geoff Petrie is a former American professional basketball guard best known as an early star for the Portland Trail Blazers and later a longtime NBA executive.
- 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: Alan Cox Triple: [Award for the Advancement of Free Software, notableRecipient, Alan Cox]
Generated description
Alan Cox is a prominent British software engineer best known for his extensive work on the Linux kernel and long-standing contributions to the free software movement.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Cox Target entity description: Alan Cox is a prominent British software engineer best known for his extensive work on the Linux kernel and long-standing contributions to the free software movement.
-
A.
Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
-
B.
Lew Hayman
Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
-
C.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
-
D.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
-
E.
Geoff Petrie
Geoff Petrie is a former American professional basketball guard best known as an early star for the Portland Trail Blazers and later a longtime NBA executive.
- 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec8e655c819081eff85c0ef55fa5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace52cf51881909ab5dc361d342ce7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ace5bb634c8190889206182da1d2ed |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ace63be9508190b5b0e7c9d7af57f0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.