Triple
T14383683
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Buxton |
E356670
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | SGI Alias|Wavefront |
E758276
|
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: SGI Alias|Wavefront | Statement: [Bill Buxton, employer, SGI Alias|Wavefront]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SGI Alias|Wavefront Context triple: [Bill Buxton, employer, SGI Alias|Wavefront]
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A.
Alias|Wavefront
chosen
Alias|Wavefront was a pioneering computer graphics and animation software company best known for developing the original Maya 3D software before its acquisition by Autodesk.
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B.
SGI
SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc.) was a pioneering American company known for its high-performance computing and advanced 3D graphics workstations and servers widely used in scientific visualization and visual effects.
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C.
SGI
SGI is a global Buddhist organization associated with the Soka Gakkai movement, promoting peace, culture, and education based on Nichiren Buddhism.
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D.
LightWave 3D
LightWave 3D is a professional 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software package widely used in film, television, and visual effects production.
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E.
RenderWare
RenderWare is a widely used cross-platform 3D game engine and middleware platform that powered many notable games in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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_69d827927c988190ad98bb0360981783 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de900d28c88190a37feee4743563de |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd5511c9e4819089dcbf089ca0dc6a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.