Triple
T9560488
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forney |
E230658
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David A. Forney
David A. Forney is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and telecommunications.
|
E807786
|
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: David A. Forney | Statement: [Forney, hasNotableBearer, David A. Forney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Forney Context triple: [Forney, hasNotableBearer, David A. Forney]
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A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
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B.
David H. Brown
David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
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C.
David R. Francis
David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
John C. Martin
John C. Martin was an American pharmaceutical executive and scientist best known for leading Gilead Sciences’ rise into a major biopharmaceutical company, particularly in antiviral and HIV/hepatitis C treatments.
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E.
Douglas J. Foskett
Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
- 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: David A. Forney Triple: [Forney, hasNotableBearer, David A. Forney]
Generated description
David A. Forney is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and telecommunications.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Forney Target entity description: David A. Forney is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and telecommunications.
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A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
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B.
David H. Brown
David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
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C.
David R. Francis
David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
John C. Martin
John C. Martin was an American pharmaceutical executive and scientist best known for leading Gilead Sciences’ rise into a major biopharmaceutical company, particularly in antiviral and HIV/hepatitis C treatments.
-
E.
Douglas J. Foskett
Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
- 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_69ca847e53a88190a60eed7e02257f10 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd994bde0c8190afcba5cb8fa8b984 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1529b4974819096e26153c60bf05c |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1567f587c8190898d261ce7db4df0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d156f3f3e48190b5b31cc28cfd703a |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:03 p.m.