Triple
T6336554
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Size and Democracy |
E142504
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward R. Tufte
Edward R. Tufte is an American statistician, political scientist, and pioneer in data visualization best known for his influential books on the visual display of quantitative information.
|
E586047
|
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: Edward R. Tufte | Statement: [Size and Democracy, coAuthor, Edward R. Tufte]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward R. Tufte Context triple: [Size and Democracy, coAuthor, Edward R. Tufte]
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A.
Richard Saul Wurman
Richard Saul Wurman is an American architect and graphic designer best known for creating the TED conference and pioneering the field of information architecture.
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B.
Jeff Heer
Jeff Heer is an American computer scientist and professor best known for his influential work in data visualization and for co-creating tools like D3.js and the Vega visualization grammar.
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C.
Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath was an Austrian philosopher, sociologist, and member of the Vienna Circle known for his influential role in logical positivism and for pioneering the ISOTYPE visual communication system.
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D.
William Playfair
William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist best known for inventing several fundamental types of statistical graphs, including the bar chart, line graph, and pie chart.
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E.
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman is a pioneering computer scientist and human-computer interaction researcher known for foundational work on user interface design and information visualization.
- 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: Edward R. Tufte Triple: [Size and Democracy, coAuthor, Edward R. Tufte]
Generated description
Edward R. Tufte is an American statistician, political scientist, and pioneer in data visualization best known for his influential books on the visual display of quantitative information.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward R. Tufte Target entity description: Edward R. Tufte is an American statistician, political scientist, and pioneer in data visualization best known for his influential books on the visual display of quantitative information.
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A.
Richard Saul Wurman
Richard Saul Wurman is an American architect and graphic designer best known for creating the TED conference and pioneering the field of information architecture.
-
B.
Jeff Heer
Jeff Heer is an American computer scientist and professor best known for his influential work in data visualization and for co-creating tools like D3.js and the Vega visualization grammar.
-
C.
Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath was an Austrian philosopher, sociologist, and member of the Vienna Circle known for his influential role in logical positivism and for pioneering the ISOTYPE visual communication system.
-
D.
William Playfair
William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist best known for inventing several fundamental types of statistical graphs, including the bar chart, line graph, and pie chart.
-
E.
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman is a pioneering computer scientist and human-computer interaction researcher known for foundational work on user interface design and information visualization.
- 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_69c008d4d8e88190ad301c05b08722ac |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0654c63508190b51f7b622388e5ad |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6042ab22c8190a7486049f45a546b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6056435b481908a63a880b7bcd489 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c605f2369c819080fd52282b20437e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m.