Triple
T8248304
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John the Ripper |
E192899
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Solar Designer
Solar Designer is a prominent computer security expert and open-source software developer best known for creating the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and founding the Openwall project.
|
E721422
|
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: Solar Designer | Statement: [John the Ripper, developer, Solar Designer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Solar Designer Context triple: [John the Ripper, developer, Solar Designer]
-
A.
Eben Moglen
Eben Moglen is an American law professor and free software advocate known for his work on the legal foundations of the free and open-source software movement.
-
B.
Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his influential work on the Domain Name System (DNS), including major contributions to BIND and DNS infrastructure security.
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C.
Patrick Volkerding
Patrick Volkerding is an American software engineer best known as the founder and long-time maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution, one of the oldest surviving Linux distros.
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D.
Theo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt is a Canadian software engineer best known as the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects, and as a prominent advocate for free and secure software.
-
E.
Nick Mathewson
Nick Mathewson is a computer scientist and software developer best known as a co-founder and core architect of the Tor anonymity network.
- 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: Solar Designer Triple: [John the Ripper, developer, Solar Designer]
Generated description
Solar Designer is a prominent computer security expert and open-source software developer best known for creating the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and founding the Openwall project.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Solar Designer Target entity description: Solar Designer is a prominent computer security expert and open-source software developer best known for creating the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and founding the Openwall project.
-
A.
Eben Moglen
Eben Moglen is an American law professor and free software advocate known for his work on the legal foundations of the free and open-source software movement.
-
B.
Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his influential work on the Domain Name System (DNS), including major contributions to BIND and DNS infrastructure security.
-
C.
Patrick Volkerding
Patrick Volkerding is an American software engineer best known as the founder and long-time maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution, one of the oldest surviving Linux distros.
-
D.
Theo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt is a Canadian software engineer best known as the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects, and as a prominent advocate for free and secure software.
-
E.
Nick Mathewson
Nick Mathewson is a computer scientist and software developer best known as a co-founder and core architect of the Tor anonymity network.
- 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_69ca82de7b8c81908d8106f8a53cff9b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb78c6b3c48190a3ecebf449766124 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd3530ca148190a28761622d0cf663 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cd37a71af481909e82aa29ae558c4a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd4ef034ec8190a4229b21e6088c79 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:48 p.m.