Triple

T605404
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Wisconsin–Madison E11582 entity
Predicate hasNotableFaculty P141 FINISHED
Object John W. Tukey
John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
 E76231 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: John W. Tukey | Statement: [University of Wisconsin–Madison, hasNotableFaculty, John W. Tukey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Tukey
Context triple: [University of Wisconsin–Madison, hasNotableFaculty, John W. Tukey]
  • A. Warren Weaver
    Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator known for his influential work in communication theory and for helping popularize Claude Shannon’s information theory.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • 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. Leo Beranek
    Leo Beranek was an American acoustics expert, engineer, and entrepreneur known for his pioneering work in architectural acoustics and co-founding the influential technology company Bolt Beranek and Newman.
  • 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: John W. Tukey
Triple: [University of Wisconsin–Madison, hasNotableFaculty, John W. Tukey]
Generated description
John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Tukey
Target entity description: John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
  • A. Warren Weaver
    Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator known for his influential work in communication theory and for helping popularize Claude Shannon’s information theory.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • 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. Leo Beranek
    Leo Beranek was an American acoustics expert, engineer, and entrepreneur known for his pioneering work in architectural acoustics and co-founding the influential technology company Bolt Beranek and Newman.
  • 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_69a4932779b881908688590d59c71900 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49dc7d88c81909fe493ac57fd784e completed March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a52eab1dc88190892cf500465db72a completed March 2, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a52fec875c8190a605e76c95e8b9b4 completed March 2, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a530c776a88190846e073ea0b97bfb completed March 2, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.