Triple

T5768286
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ZRTP E127265 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Alan Johnston
Alan Johnston is a telecommunications engineer and VoIP security expert known for his contributions to secure real-time communication protocols such as ZRTP.
 E564386 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: Alan Johnston | Statement: [ZRTP, designedBy, Alan Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Johnston
Context triple: [ZRTP, designedBy, Alan Johnston]
  • A. Neil Johnston
    Neil Johnston was a dominant 1950s NBA center and Hall of Famer known for leading the league in scoring with the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • C. Donald Neil Johnston
    Donald Neil Johnston, better known as Neil Johnston, was an American Hall of Fame professional basketball center who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s.
  • D. William Mathews
    William Mathews was a 19th-century British mountaineer notable for pioneering ascents in the Alps.
  • E. Ian Meakins
    Ian Meakins is a British business executive known for leading major multinational companies, including serving as chairman of Unilever.
  • 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: Alan Johnston
Triple: [ZRTP, designedBy, Alan Johnston]
Generated description
Alan Johnston is a telecommunications engineer and VoIP security expert known for his contributions to secure real-time communication protocols such as ZRTP.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Johnston
Target entity description: Alan Johnston is a telecommunications engineer and VoIP security expert known for his contributions to secure real-time communication protocols such as ZRTP.
  • A. Neil Johnston
    Neil Johnston was a dominant 1950s NBA center and Hall of Famer known for leading the league in scoring with the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • C. Donald Neil Johnston
    Donald Neil Johnston, better known as Neil Johnston, was an American Hall of Fame professional basketball center who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s.
  • D. William Mathews
    William Mathews was a 19th-century British mountaineer notable for pioneering ascents in the Alps.
  • E. Ian Meakins
    Ian Meakins is a British business executive known for leading major multinational companies, including serving as chairman of Unilever.
  • 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_69c00834f6308190851b0abeddd8ed7e completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02974ae2c8190aee5ee61fc69ad79 completed March 22, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1134155608190bc9271dba417a512 completed March 23, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11433c1a081908d261c2f8439fcdd completed March 23, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11498f2948190bcca6b8054186e75 completed March 23, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.