Triple
T15575918
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Long Now Foundation |
E374369
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doug Carlston
Doug Carlston is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the video game company Broderbund, known for his later involvement in long-term cultural and technological initiatives.
|
E1209751
|
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: Doug Carlston | Statement: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Doug Carlston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Carlston Context triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Doug Carlston]
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A.
Ron Carlson
Ron Carlson is an American author and educator known for his acclaimed short stories and novels that often explore everyday lives with humor and emotional depth.
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B.
Ken Ralston
Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
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C.
Doug Howlett
Doug Howlett is a former New Zealand rugby union winger who became the all-time leading try-scorer for the All Blacks and later starred for Munster in European club rugby.
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D.
Steve Judd
Steve Judd is the aging, principled former lawman at the heart of the Western film "Ride the High Country," whose moral integrity drives the story’s central conflict.
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E.
Douglas Brunt
Douglas Brunt is an American novelist and former CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium, known also as the husband of journalist Megyn Kelly.
- 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: Doug Carlston Triple: [Long Now Foundation, foundedBy, Doug Carlston]
Generated description
Doug Carlston is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the video game company Broderbund, known for his later involvement in long-term cultural and technological initiatives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Carlston Target entity description: Doug Carlston is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the video game company Broderbund, known for his later involvement in long-term cultural and technological initiatives.
-
A.
Ron Carlson
Ron Carlson is an American author and educator known for his acclaimed short stories and novels that often explore everyday lives with humor and emotional depth.
-
B.
Ken Ralston
Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
-
C.
Doug Howlett
Doug Howlett is a former New Zealand rugby union winger who became the all-time leading try-scorer for the All Blacks and later starred for Munster in European club rugby.
-
D.
Steve Judd
Steve Judd is the aging, principled former lawman at the heart of the Western film "Ride the High Country," whose moral integrity drives the story’s central conflict.
-
E.
Douglas Brunt
Douglas Brunt is an American novelist and former CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium, known also as the husband of journalist Megyn Kelly.
- 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_6a0035450810819092796c556dfa8ed3 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0036111b54819096d62c61b8d4244d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00374fdecc819091f64e3174d013a6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.