Triple
T14442710
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Van Jacobson |
E358124
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems
Van Jacobson is a renowned computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on Internet congestion control and network performance, including the development of TCP/IP congestion-avoidance algorithms and the traceroute tool.
|
E1099133
|
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: Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems | Statement: [Van Jacobson, positionHeld, Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems Context triple: [Van Jacobson, positionHeld, Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems]
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A.
Chief Scientist at NIIT
Chief Scientist at NIIT is a senior research leadership role overseeing innovation and advanced educational technology initiatives at the Indian IT and training company NIIT.
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B.
Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox
The Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox is the executive responsible for overseeing the company’s overall technical vision, architecture, and engineering strategy for its cloud storage and collaboration products.
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C.
Intel Chief Technology Officer
The Intel Chief Technology Officer is the senior executive responsible for defining and leading Intel’s overall technology vision, research agenda, and innovation strategy.
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D.
IBM Fellow
An IBM Fellow is the highest technical honor at IBM, awarded to a small number of distinguished scientists and engineers for exceptional innovation and leadership in their fields.
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E.
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems
The Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems was the senior executive responsible for overseeing the company’s information security strategy and cryptographic policy, a role notably held by pioneering cryptographer Whitfield Diffie.
- 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: Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems Triple: [Van Jacobson, positionHeld, Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems]
Generated description
Van Jacobson is a renowned computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on Internet congestion control and network performance, including the development of TCP/IP congestion-avoidance algorithms and the traceroute tool.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems Target entity description: Van Jacobson is a renowned computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on Internet congestion control and network performance, including the development of TCP/IP congestion-avoidance algorithms and the traceroute tool.
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A.
Chief Scientist at NIIT
Chief Scientist at NIIT is a senior research leadership role overseeing innovation and advanced educational technology initiatives at the Indian IT and training company NIIT.
-
B.
Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox
The Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox is the executive responsible for overseeing the company’s overall technical vision, architecture, and engineering strategy for its cloud storage and collaboration products.
-
C.
Intel Chief Technology Officer
The Intel Chief Technology Officer is the senior executive responsible for defining and leading Intel’s overall technology vision, research agenda, and innovation strategy.
-
D.
IBM Fellow
An IBM Fellow is the highest technical honor at IBM, awarded to a small number of distinguished scientists and engineers for exceptional innovation and leadership in their fields.
-
E.
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems
The Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems was the senior executive responsible for overseeing the company’s information security strategy and cryptographic policy, a role notably held by pioneering cryptographer Whitfield Diffie.
- 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_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de915d28ec81909e72124e9dd67bfb |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd5bda6ee88190aeec77092eb3576a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd5d8c0e4881908dac3fb5a5ac79bc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd5e46c184819092ebb2b5aad28125 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.