Triple

T52590
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ARPANET E1032 entity
Predicate hasKeyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Lawrence G. Roberts
Lawrence G. Roberts was an American engineer and computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the ARPANET, the pioneering packet-switching network that led to the modern internet.
E34107 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: Lawrence G. Roberts | Statement: [ARPANET, hasKeyPerson, Lawrence G. Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence G. Roberts
Context triple: [ARPANET, hasKeyPerson, Lawrence G. Roberts]
  • A. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • B. Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
    Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    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."
  • D. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • E. Peter J. Denning
    Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
  • 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: Lawrence G. Roberts
Triple: [ARPANET, hasKeyPerson, Lawrence G. Roberts]
Generated description
Lawrence G. Roberts was an American engineer and computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the ARPANET, the pioneering packet-switching network that led to the modern internet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence G. Roberts
Target entity description: Lawrence G. Roberts was an American engineer and computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the ARPANET, the pioneering packet-switching network that led to the modern internet.
  • A. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • B. Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
    Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    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."
  • D. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • E. Peter J. Denning
    Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
  • 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b0382b48190a7ca80ade6d2e270 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3860dc1448190a24e479d983d9fc6 completed March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a386981ed481908783b2de31c46f23 completed March 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3870030a481909c413058525afcfd completed March 1, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.