Triple

T5383533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Road Ahead E113147 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Nathan Myhrvold
Nathan Myhrvold is an American technologist, former Microsoft chief technology officer, and entrepreneur known for his work in software, invention, and scientific research.
 E515550 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: Nathan Myhrvold | Statement: [The Road Ahead, coAuthor, Nathan Myhrvold]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nathan Myhrvold
Context triple: [The Road Ahead, coAuthor, Nathan Myhrvold]
  • A. Michael Gunton
    Michael Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on major BBC natural history series such as Planet Earth II and Dynasties.
  • B. John Stankey
    John Stankey is an American business executive best known as the chief executive officer of AT&T.
  • C. Dan Trachtenberg
    Dan Trachtenberg is an American filmmaker best known for directing the thriller "10 Cloverfield Lane" and the "Predator" prequel "Prey."
  • D. James Martin
    James Martin was a British engineer and aircraft designer best known as the co-founder of Martin-Baker, a company renowned for its pioneering ejection seat technology.
  • E. John Bridgeland
    John Bridgeland is an American public policy expert and former White House official known for leading domestic policy initiatives and later founding and directing prominent civic and social impact organizations.
  • 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: Nathan Myhrvold
Triple: [The Road Ahead, coAuthor, Nathan Myhrvold]
Generated description
Nathan Myhrvold is an American technologist, former Microsoft chief technology officer, and entrepreneur known for his work in software, invention, and scientific research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nathan Myhrvold
Target entity description: Nathan Myhrvold is an American technologist, former Microsoft chief technology officer, and entrepreneur known for his work in software, invention, and scientific research.
  • A. Michael Gunton
    Michael Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on major BBC natural history series such as Planet Earth II and Dynasties.
  • B. John Stankey
    John Stankey is an American business executive best known as the chief executive officer of AT&T.
  • C. Dan Trachtenberg
    Dan Trachtenberg is an American filmmaker best known for directing the thriller "10 Cloverfield Lane" and the "Predator" prequel "Prey."
  • D. James Martin
    James Martin was a British engineer and aircraft designer best known as the co-founder of Martin-Baker, a company renowned for its pioneering ejection seat technology.
  • E. John Bridgeland
    John Bridgeland is an American public policy expert and former White House official known for leading domestic policy initiatives and later founding and directing prominent civic and social impact organizations.
  • 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86f39edc81908e53973cef1bc0f3 completed March 20, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf295030b081909bea5e946aac098b completed March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2a09891c81908509695a41d1aa02 completed March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2ad592f48190846af024253a2eff completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.