Triple

T5460185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts E122575 entity
Predicate studiedBy P1945 FINISHED
Object Richard Salomon
Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
 E520873 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: Richard Salomon | Statement: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, studiedBy, Richard Salomon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Salomon
Context triple: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, studiedBy, Richard Salomon]
  • A. Richard Saller
    Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
  • B. Tim Suhrstedt
    Tim Suhrstedt is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, often recognized for his naturalistic visual style.
  • C. Richard Landau
    Richard Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films and television, particularly in science fiction and crime.
  • D. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • E. Richard Heus
    Richard Heus is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the acclaimed alternate-history series "The Man in the High Castle."
  • 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: Richard Salomon
Triple: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, studiedBy, Richard Salomon]
Generated description
Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Salomon
Target entity description: Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
  • A. Richard Saller
    Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
  • B. Tim Suhrstedt
    Tim Suhrstedt is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, often recognized for his naturalistic visual style.
  • C. Richard Landau
    Richard Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films and television, particularly in science fiction and crime.
  • D. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • E. Richard Heus
    Richard Heus is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the acclaimed alternate-history series "The Man in the High Castle."
  • 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_69bd46424248819085282ddf50a565f3 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd9200a3988190a06f253f99e68224 completed March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf414c39a4819098f2862f3c4594c0 completed March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf4207f4e4819096709c49fe001005 completed March 22, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf42d7b4b88190954084985134a8c2 completed March 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.