Triple
T4332199
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | BBN Technologies |
E96778
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Bolt |
E2150
|
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: Richard Bolt | Statement: [BBN Technologies, foundedBy, Richard Bolt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Bolt Context triple: [BBN Technologies, foundedBy, Richard Bolt]
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A.
Richard Bolt
chosen
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
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B.
John Broome
John Broome is a British philosopher and economist known for his influential work on ethics, rationality, and climate change.
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C.
Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, playwright, and author best known for writing and performing the hit song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" and for his work in musical theatre and mystery fiction.
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D.
David Bradbury
David Bradbury is known primarily as the son of American physicist and former Los Alamos Laboratory director Norris Bradbury.
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E.
David Hartnett
David Hartnett is a British civil servant best known for serving as the Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and Customs, where he was the UK's top tax official.
- 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_69b34542fd908190b11b08faad8decfd |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3514dc588819086a4c6d585c1b5b1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d0a307388190af4cb98b03e9656d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m.