Triple

T18704296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Almquist shell E457331 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Almquist
Kenneth Almquist is a software developer best known for creating the Almquist shell (ash), a lightweight Unix shell widely used in embedded and resource-constrained systems.
E1338323 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: Kenneth Almquist | Statement: [Almquist shell, creator, Kenneth Almquist]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Almquist
Context triple: [Almquist shell, creator, Kenneth Almquist]
  • A. John Sundahl
    John Sundahl is known primarily as the husband of Wyoming politician Harriet Hageman.
  • B. Larry Bryggman
    Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
  • C. Johnny Gustafson
    Johnny Gustafson was an English rock bassist and vocalist best known for his work with bands like Roxy Music, Quatermass, and Ian Gillan’s solo projects.
  • D. John E. Dahlquist
    John E. Dahlquist was a U.S. Army general who commanded key infantry divisions in Europe during World War II and later held senior leadership roles in the postwar Army.
  • E. Ole Hanson
    Ole Hanson was an American real estate developer and former mayor of Seattle best known for envisioning and developing the master-planned coastal community of San Clemente, California.
  • 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: Kenneth Almquist
Triple: [Almquist shell, creator, Kenneth Almquist]
Generated description
Kenneth Almquist is a software developer best known for creating the Almquist shell (ash), a lightweight Unix shell widely used in embedded and resource-constrained systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Almquist
Target entity description: Kenneth Almquist is a software developer best known for creating the Almquist shell (ash), a lightweight Unix shell widely used in embedded and resource-constrained systems.
  • A. John Sundahl
    John Sundahl is known primarily as the husband of Wyoming politician Harriet Hageman.
  • B. Larry Bryggman
    Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
  • C. Johnny Gustafson
    Johnny Gustafson was an English rock bassist and vocalist best known for his work with bands like Roxy Music, Quatermass, and Ian Gillan’s solo projects.
  • D. John E. Dahlquist
    John E. Dahlquist was a U.S. Army general who commanded key infantry divisions in Europe during World War II and later held senior leadership roles in the postwar Army.
  • E. Ole Hanson
    Ole Hanson was an American real estate developer and former mayor of Seattle best known for envisioning and developing the master-planned coastal community of San Clemente, California.
  • 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_69d8d392aad081909fe31aa03e6e97d1 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5671597ac819093dbb53553130f1e completed April 19, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a052b38ab548190b46ecda128e93c9b completed May 14, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a052c9486908190a5cdb60f7cb65888 completed May 14, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a052cec9c788190a0c9396b35dd95c0 completed May 14, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.