Triple

T608255
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John R. Pierce E12040 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Symbols, Signals and Noise
Symbols, Signals and Noise is a classic popular science book by engineer John R. Pierce that introduces the principles of information theory and communication in an accessible way.
E75860 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: Symbols, Signals and Noise | Statement: [John R. Pierce, notableWork, Symbols, Signals and Noise]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Symbols, Signals and Noise
Context triple: [John R. Pierce, notableWork, Symbols, Signals and Noise]
  • A. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
    The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
  • B. Triumph of the Market
    Triumph of the Market is a critical work by economist and media analyst Edward S. Herman that examines the social and political consequences of neoliberal, market-driven policies.
  • C. Human Traces
    Human Traces is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks that explores the early development of psychiatry and the complexities of the human mind through the intertwined lives of two 19th-century doctors.
  • D. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
  • E. Behind the Cloud
    "Behind the Cloud" is a business and leadership book by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff that chronicles the company’s growth and shares strategies for building a successful cloud-based enterprise.
  • 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: Symbols, Signals and Noise
Triple: [John R. Pierce, notableWork, Symbols, Signals and Noise]
Generated description
Symbols, Signals and Noise is a classic popular science book by engineer John R. Pierce that introduces the principles of information theory and communication in an accessible way.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Symbols, Signals and Noise
Target entity description: Symbols, Signals and Noise is a classic popular science book by engineer John R. Pierce that introduces the principles of information theory and communication in an accessible way.
  • A. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
    The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
  • B. Triumph of the Market
    Triumph of the Market is a critical work by economist and media analyst Edward S. Herman that examines the social and political consequences of neoliberal, market-driven policies.
  • C. Human Traces
    Human Traces is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks that explores the early development of psychiatry and the complexities of the human mind through the intertwined lives of two 19th-century doctors.
  • D. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
  • E. Behind the Cloud
    "Behind the Cloud" is a business and leadership book by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff that chronicles the company’s growth and shares strategies for building a successful cloud-based enterprise.
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49df54eec8190af3f5f04c01d5d2a completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a52925321c8190a0d1df7a58096c4e completed March 2, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a529ffc0cc8190b42f4bde8860deeb completed March 2, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a52a4d52f08190b79b290372da94b3 completed March 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.