Triple
T9025737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tcl |
E216043
|
entity |
| Predicate | designedBy |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Ousterhout
John Ousterhout is a computer scientist and software engineer best known for creating the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit, as well as for his influential work in operating systems and distributed systems.
|
E773894
|
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: John Ousterhout | Statement: [Tcl, designedBy, John Ousterhout]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ousterhout Context triple: [Tcl, designedBy, John Ousterhout]
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A.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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B.
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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C.
Dan Ingalls
Dan Ingalls is an American computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the Smalltalk programming language and a pioneer of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.
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D.
Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
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E.
Alan Kay
Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
- 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: John Ousterhout Triple: [Tcl, designedBy, John Ousterhout]
Generated description
John Ousterhout is a computer scientist and software engineer best known for creating the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit, as well as for his influential work in operating systems and distributed systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ousterhout Target entity description: John Ousterhout is a computer scientist and software engineer best known for creating the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit, as well as for his influential work in operating systems and distributed systems.
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A.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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B.
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.
-
C.
Dan Ingalls
Dan Ingalls is an American computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the Smalltalk programming language and a pioneer of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.
-
D.
Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
-
E.
Alan Kay
Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
- 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.