Triple
T989707
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bolt Beranek and Newman |
E21359
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert Newman |
E21359
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Robert Newman | Statement: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, foundedBy, Robert Newman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Newman Context triple: [Bolt Beranek and Newman, foundedBy, Robert Newman]
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A.
Robert Newman
chosen
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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B.
David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
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C.
Stuart Ullman
Stuart Ullman is a minor character in Stephen King’s horror novel "The Shining," serving as the hotel manager who hires Jack Torrance as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.
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D.
William Davidson Niven
William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bruce Sherman
Bruce Sherman is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4aa16f081909dcc7a7ce3fb1b64 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69addf0e902881909690c8c80abfa8c0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.