Triple

T18015938
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NumFOCUS E430998 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Travis Oliphant
Travis Oliphant is an American data scientist and software developer best known as a primary creator of NumPy and SciPy and a key leader in the Python scientific computing ecosystem.
E1300968 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: Travis Oliphant | Statement: [NumFOCUS, foundedBy, Travis Oliphant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travis Oliphant
Context triple: [NumFOCUS, foundedBy, Travis Oliphant]
  • A. Robert Kern
    Robert Kern was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on numerous prominent MGM productions.
  • B. Ross Ihaka
    Ross Ihaka is a New Zealand statistician best known as one of the original creators of the R programming language.
  • C. Nick Coghlan
    Nick Coghlan is a prominent Python core developer and software engineer known for his influential work on Python’s governance, documentation, and language design.
  • D. Ben Finney
    Ben Finney was an anthropologist and pioneer of experimental archaeology best known for reviving traditional Polynesian navigation and co-founding the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
  • E. Johannes van Rossum
    Johannes van Rossum was a Dutch coachman and later companion closely associated with Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, with whom he had a long-term, controversial relationship.
  • 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: Travis Oliphant
Triple: [NumFOCUS, foundedBy, Travis Oliphant]
Generated description
Travis Oliphant is an American data scientist and software developer best known as a primary creator of NumPy and SciPy and a key leader in the Python scientific computing ecosystem.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travis Oliphant
Target entity description: Travis Oliphant is an American data scientist and software developer best known as a primary creator of NumPy and SciPy and a key leader in the Python scientific computing ecosystem.
  • A. Robert Kern
    Robert Kern was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on numerous prominent MGM productions.
  • B. Ross Ihaka
    Ross Ihaka is a New Zealand statistician best known as one of the original creators of the R programming language.
  • C. Nick Coghlan
    Nick Coghlan is a prominent Python core developer and software engineer known for his influential work on Python’s governance, documentation, and language design.
  • D. Ben Finney
    Ben Finney was an anthropologist and pioneer of experimental archaeology best known for reviving traditional Polynesian navigation and co-founding the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
  • E. Johannes van Rossum
    Johannes van Rossum was a Dutch coachman and later companion closely associated with Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, with whom he had a long-term, controversial relationship.
  • 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_69d8b904530081908bf341d842464856 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b523f588819097389e067dda7f23 completed April 19, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a034324daec8190a9bbec1ad80c70f9 completed May 12, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0343dc91688190ae8e2f051cefef85 completed May 12, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0344b6f4e081908ff2fbc7bfa4c4e1 completed May 12, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.