Triple
T9025655
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | xterm |
E216041
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas E. Dickey
Thomas E. Dickey is an American software developer best known for maintaining and enhancing the xterm terminal emulator and contributing extensively to Unix and open-source tools.
|
E773890
|
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: Thomas E. Dickey | Statement: [xterm, developer, Thomas E. Dickey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas E. Dickey Context triple: [xterm, developer, Thomas E. Dickey]
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A.
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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B.
Daniel Ralls
Daniel Ralls was an early 19th-century Missouri legislator and local political figure after whom Ralls County, Missouri, is named.
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C.
Bruce Davey
Bruce Davey is an Australian film producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Mel Gibson and for co-founding the production company Icon Productions.
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D.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
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E.
Oren Patashnik
Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
- 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: Thomas E. Dickey Triple: [xterm, developer, Thomas E. Dickey]
Generated description
Thomas E. Dickey is an American software developer best known for maintaining and enhancing the xterm terminal emulator and contributing extensively to Unix and open-source tools.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas E. Dickey Target entity description: Thomas E. Dickey is an American software developer best known for maintaining and enhancing the xterm terminal emulator and contributing extensively to Unix and open-source tools.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Daniel Ralls
Daniel Ralls was an early 19th-century Missouri legislator and local political figure after whom Ralls County, Missouri, is named.
-
C.
Bruce Davey
Bruce Davey is an Australian film producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Mel Gibson and for co-founding the production company Icon Productions.
-
D.
L. Peter Deutsch
L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
-
E.
Oren Patashnik
Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
- 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_69ca83a5fa88819088144801b4dd7245 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6a7ce71c81908041814dc9ec1713 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfdbbf786081908df45b4e615bbba9 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfdd3117c881908645b6526537571a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfe10917188190b0223b14e7a8ed39 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:07 p.m.