Triple

T963997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ronald L. Rivest E20795 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object MD5
MD5 is a widely used but now cryptographically broken hash function designed to produce a fixed-size 128-bit hash value from arbitrary input data.
E99142 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: MD5 | Statement: [Ronald L. Rivest, notableWork, MD5]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MD5
Context triple: [Ronald L. Rivest, notableWork, MD5]
  • A. HMAC
    HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) is a cryptographic construction that combines a secret key with a hash function to provide data integrity and authentication.
  • B. Merkle–Damgård construction
    The Merkle–Damgård construction is a fundamental method for building collision-resistant cryptographic hash functions from fixed-size compression functions, used in many classic hash algorithms like MD5 and SHA-1.
  • C. Merkle
    Merkle is a surname most prominently associated with Ralph Merkle, a pioneering computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography and Merkle trees.
  • D. Merkle tree
    A Merkle tree is a cryptographic data structure that uses a tree of hash values to efficiently and securely verify the integrity and consistency of large sets of data.
  • E. CRC
    CRC is the widely ratified United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children.
  • 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: MD5
Triple: [Ronald L. Rivest, notableWork, MD5]
Generated description
MD5 is a widely used but now cryptographically broken hash function designed to produce a fixed-size 128-bit hash value from arbitrary input data.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MD5
Target entity description: MD5 is a widely used but now cryptographically broken hash function designed to produce a fixed-size 128-bit hash value from arbitrary input data.
  • A. HMAC
    HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) is a cryptographic construction that combines a secret key with a hash function to provide data integrity and authentication.
  • B. Merkle–Damgård construction chosen
    The Merkle–Damgård construction is a fundamental method for building collision-resistant cryptographic hash functions from fixed-size compression functions, used in many classic hash algorithms like MD5 and SHA-1.
  • C. Merkle
    Merkle is a surname most prominently associated with Ralph Merkle, a pioneering computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography and Merkle trees.
  • D. Merkle tree
    A Merkle tree is a cryptographic data structure that uses a tree of hash values to efficiently and securely verify the integrity and consistency of large sets of data.
  • E. CRC
    CRC is the widely ratified United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a493b21f2881908132dcf45dcd2f36 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4303e5881909d101d11f9732c75 completed March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac11a6107481909b152291a73958d3 completed March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac12c5978481909be2d6e1ce85acd5 completed March 7, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac132f09448190b5f789f90328f81f completed March 7, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.