Triple
T4381775
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Institute for Molecular Manufacturing |
E99146
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
K. Eric Drexler
K. Eric Drexler is an American engineer and futurist widely regarded as the founding theorist of molecular nanotechnology and author of the influential book "Engines of Creation."
|
E434689
|
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: K. Eric Drexler | Statement: [Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, foundedBy, K. Eric Drexler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. Eric Drexler Context triple: [Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, foundedBy, K. Eric Drexler]
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A.
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.
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B.
Bill Joy
Bill Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key developer of the Unix-based BSD operating system and the vi text editor.
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C.
Max Kurzweil
Max Kurzweil was an Austrian painter and printmaker associated with the Vienna Secession movement, known for his symbolist and impressionist-influenced works.
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D.
Carver A. Mead
Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
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E.
Rolf Landauer
Rolf Landauer was a German-American physicist best known for formulating Landauer's principle, which links information theory and thermodynamics by quantifying the minimum possible energy cost of erasing a bit of information.
- 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: K. Eric Drexler Triple: [Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, foundedBy, K. Eric Drexler]
Generated description
K. Eric Drexler is an American engineer and futurist widely regarded as the founding theorist of molecular nanotechnology and author of the influential book "Engines of Creation."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. Eric Drexler Target entity description: K. Eric Drexler is an American engineer and futurist widely regarded as the founding theorist of molecular nanotechnology and author of the influential book "Engines of Creation."
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A.
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.
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B.
Bill Joy
Bill Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key developer of the Unix-based BSD operating system and the vi text editor.
-
C.
Max Kurzweil
Max Kurzweil was an Austrian painter and printmaker associated with the Vienna Secession movement, known for his symbolist and impressionist-influenced works.
-
D.
Carver A. Mead
Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
-
E.
Rolf Landauer
Rolf Landauer was a German-American physicist best known for formulating Landauer's principle, which links information theory and thermodynamics by quantifying the minimum possible energy cost of erasing a bit of information.
- 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352613dd481909e008a8db239a108 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e51ff9188190aa4581d451feaafd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e5c1cf2c8190b397f249090e7ce6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e61acb988190a6f4d7b2bffb2953 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.