Triple

T56487
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal E1117 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James Randi
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and prominent skeptic best known for debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims through rigorous scientific investigation and public challenges.
E6348 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: James Randi | Statement: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, foundedBy, James Randi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Randi
Context triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, foundedBy, James Randi]
  • A. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • B. Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for popularizing astronomy and hosting shows like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
  • C. Carl Sagan
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • D. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • E. Linda Salzman Sagan
    Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
  • 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: James Randi
Triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, foundedBy, James Randi]
Generated description
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and prominent skeptic best known for debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims through rigorous scientific investigation and public challenges.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Randi
Target entity description: James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and prominent skeptic best known for debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims through rigorous scientific investigation and public challenges.
  • A. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • B. Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for popularizing astronomy and hosting shows like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
  • C. Carl Sagan
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • D. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • E. Linda Salzman Sagan
    Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
  • 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_69a248adc5b48190aa8db9fb092fb28a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b07f4a881909e32115e84da02a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25ab7ec3881909356c659f4664fb8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba79ab881909fa4570aa2acf402 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c28192081909853f2833f1472ef completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.