Triple

T7699619
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject VisiCalc E174455 entity
Predicate developer P73 FINISHED
Object Bob Frankston
Bob Frankston is an American software engineer best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers.
 E682901 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: Bob Frankston | Statement: [VisiCalc, developer, Bob Frankston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Frankston
Context triple: [VisiCalc, developer, Bob Frankston]
  • A. Alan Riche
    Alan Riche is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including action-adventure and genre films.
  • B. Donald Gordon
    Donald Gordon was a prominent South African-born businessman and philanthropist known for founding the financial services group Liberty Life and for his major contributions to the arts and education.
  • C. Gordon Jennings
    Gordon Jennings was an American special effects artist renowned for his pioneering visual effects work in mid-20th-century Hollywood science fiction and adventure films.
  • D. Lee Clow
    Lee Clow is a legendary American advertising executive best known for his groundbreaking work at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he helped create iconic campaigns for Apple and other major brands.
  • E. Dan Rowan
    Dan Rowan was an American comedian and television host best known as one half of the comedy duo Rowan & Martin, which fronted the groundbreaking sketch series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
  • 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: Bob Frankston
Triple: [VisiCalc, developer, Bob Frankston]
Generated description
Bob Frankston is an American software engineer best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Frankston
Target entity description: Bob Frankston is an American software engineer best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers.
  • A. Alan Riche
    Alan Riche is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including action-adventure and genre films.
  • B. Donald Gordon
    Donald Gordon was a prominent South African-born businessman and philanthropist known for founding the financial services group Liberty Life and for his major contributions to the arts and education.
  • C. Gordon Jennings
    Gordon Jennings was an American special effects artist renowned for his pioneering visual effects work in mid-20th-century Hollywood science fiction and adventure films.
  • D. Lee Clow
    Lee Clow is a legendary American advertising executive best known for his groundbreaking work at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he helped create iconic campaigns for Apple and other major brands.
  • E. Dan Rowan
    Dan Rowan was an American comedian and television host best known as one half of the comedy duo Rowan & Martin, which fronted the groundbreaking sketch series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
  • 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_69c6995a72cc8190998e56daa6f8e453 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c7026ba7b48190a18f1c1cbbf1b944 completed March 27, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8acb3ac4481909acafe50b9507aaa completed March 29, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8adeb3948819087404b0d7d7e619e completed March 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8aedede388190b8eb79cea223c31c completed March 29, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:03 p.m.