Triple
T8547424
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Politics Among Nations |
E202360
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthorOfLaterEditions |
P83247
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kenneth W. Thompson
Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
|
E742223
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Kenneth W. Thompson | Statement: [Politics Among Nations, coAuthorOfLaterEditions, Kenneth W. Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth W. Thompson Context triple: [Politics Among Nations, coAuthorOfLaterEditions, Kenneth W. Thompson]
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A.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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B.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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C.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
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D.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
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E.
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the C programming language and Unix tools, and as co-author of the classic book "The C Programming Language."
- 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: Kenneth W. Thompson Triple: [Politics Among Nations, coAuthorOfLaterEditions, Kenneth W. Thompson]
Generated description
Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth W. Thompson Target entity description: Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
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A.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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B.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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C.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
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D.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
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E.
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the C programming language and Unix tools, and as co-author of the classic book "The C Programming Language."
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: coAuthorOfLaterEditions Context triple: [Politics Among Nations, coAuthorOfLaterEditions, Kenneth W. Thompson]
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A.
editedBy
Indicates that one entity has revised, modified, or otherwise made editorial changes to another entity.
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B.
posthumouslyEditedBy
Indicates that a work was edited by the specified agent after its creator or original author had died.
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C.
coAuthorAlsoWrote
Indicates that a person who is a co-author of one work also wrote another work, linking shared authorship across multiple creations.
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D.
isLaterWorkOfAuthor
Indicates that one work by an author was created or published after another work by the same author.
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E.
laterRepublishedWith
Indicates that an existing work was republished at a later time in a modified or updated form specified by the related entity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe7511f8c819083d69fb6a0b55801 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6dbbb12c819085d1abe289fd1f22 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce71d9eac481908610589efa9f9ddd |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce75b832248190b7273605cf5ff67a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cbd113e05c81908f4f3fc1b5925164 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69cbe30d453481908f897ed2b06e7534 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:19 p.m.