Triple
T7665004
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Vlissides |
E173603
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
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FINISHED |
| Object |
John
John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
|
E679933
|
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 | Statement: [John Vlissides, givenName, John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Vlissides, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving and influential first director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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C.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
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D.
John
John is the given name of John B. Watson, the influential American psychologist who founded behaviorism.
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E.
John
John is the given first name of the American blues-rock guitarist and singer Johnny Winter.
- 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 Triple: [John Vlissides, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Target entity description: John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
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A.
John
John is the given first name of the influential British computer scientist Robin Milner, known for his pioneering work in programming language theory and process calculi.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John McCarthy, the American computer scientist who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and was a pioneer in the field.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Perry Barlow, the American poet, essayist, and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation known for his advocacy of digital rights.
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D.
John
John is the given name of the renowned British mathematician John H. Conway, known for his work in group theory, number theory, and the invention of the Game of Life.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Venn, the English logician and philosopher best known for introducing Venn diagrams.
- 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_69c699562484819086752091e3164a27 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701bfb67c81908b416802eaf0faac |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c89ac251308190a09814cc469d80fd |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c89cfe02a881909134ea8643049433 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c89d842b208190b2a3fc6dc16ebf4a |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4 p.m.