Triple

T815596
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Algol 68 E17646 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Adriaan van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist renowned as a pioneer of programming language design and formal language theory, particularly for his leading role in the development of ALGOL 68 and the introduction of Van Wijngaarden grammars.
 E96198 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: Adriaan van Wijngaarden | Statement: [Algol 68, designedBy, Adriaan van Wijngaarden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Context triple: [Algol 68, designedBy, Adriaan van Wijngaarden]
  • A. Lambert Meertens
    Lambert Meertens is a Dutch computer scientist known for his influential work in programming language design and formal methods.
  • B. Edsger W. Dijkstra
    Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.
  • C. Andries van Dam
    Andries van Dam is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer graphics and hypertext systems, and for co-authoring one of the earliest and most influential computer graphics textbooks.
  • D. Niklaus Wirth
    Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist best known for creating several influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon, and for his pioneering work in software engineering and programming language design.
  • E. N. G. de Bruijn
    N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
  • 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: Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Triple: [Algol 68, designedBy, Adriaan van Wijngaarden]
Generated description
Adriaan van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist renowned as a pioneer of programming language design and formal language theory, particularly for his leading role in the development of ALGOL 68 and the introduction of Van Wijngaarden grammars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Target entity description: Adriaan van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist renowned as a pioneer of programming language design and formal language theory, particularly for his leading role in the development of ALGOL 68 and the introduction of Van Wijngaarden grammars.
  • A. Lambert Meertens
    Lambert Meertens is a Dutch computer scientist known for his influential work in programming language design and formal methods.
  • B. Edsger W. Dijkstra
    Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.
  • C. Andries van Dam
    Andries van Dam is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer graphics and hypertext systems, and for co-authoring one of the earliest and most influential computer graphics textbooks.
  • D. Niklaus Wirth
    Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist best known for creating several influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon, and for his pioneering work in software engineering and programming language design.
  • E. N. G. de Bruijn
    N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
  • 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_69a4937bcaac8190a322524ac6f45a5a completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ab5157b08190b6c8f2fd455f261e completed March 1, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d8b0b0c8190a6226d6b8daade25 completed March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a782eda49c8190bdaf4fb8db685071 completed March 4, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a784f6eee48190a348008b931d545b completed March 4, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.