Triple

T15575916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Long Now Foundation E374369 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Paul Saffo
Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster and futurist known for his work on long-term trends in science, technology, and society.
 E1164610 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: Paul Saffo | Statement: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Paul Saffo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Saffo
Context triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Paul Saffo]
  • A. John Seely Brown
    John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his influential work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social dimensions of technology.
  • B. Philip Resnick
    Philip Resnick is a Canadian political scientist and poet known for his work on nationalism, federalism, and Canadian political thought.
  • C. Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
  • D. Joel Garreau
    Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
  • E. Peter A. Levy
    Peter A. Levy is an individual known primarily under the name Peter Levy, with "Peter A. Levy" used as an alternative form of his name.
  • 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: Paul Saffo
Triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Paul Saffo]
Generated description
Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster and futurist known for his work on long-term trends in science, technology, and society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Saffo
Target entity description: Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster and futurist known for his work on long-term trends in science, technology, and society.
  • A. John Seely Brown
    John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his influential work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social dimensions of technology.
  • B. Philip Resnick
    Philip Resnick is a Canadian political scientist and poet known for his work on nationalism, federalism, and Canadian political thought.
  • C. Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
  • D. Joel Garreau
    Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
  • E. Peter A. Levy
    Peter A. Levy is an individual known primarily under the name Peter Levy, with "Peter A. Levy" used as an alternative form of his name.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e2140388190a8df7b835eaa72ce completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4978ec8190a57de5d9a2ec6653 completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4d0678648190b61fbe79a60da8ec completed May 9, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff4d9258148190b21201bb09e16999 completed May 9, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.