Triple

T19719546
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Willinger E473566 entity
Predicate hasCoAuthor P2389 FINISHED
Object R. G. Clegg
R. G. Clegg is a researcher known for work in network traffic modeling and Internet measurement, often collaborating with prominent network scientist Walter Willinger.
E1391365 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: R. G. Clegg | Statement: [Walter Willinger, hasCoAuthor, R. G. Clegg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. G. Clegg
Context triple: [Walter Willinger, hasCoAuthor, R. G. Clegg]
  • A. J. A. Ratcliffe
    J. A. Ratcliffe was a British physicist and radio scientist known for his pioneering work on the ionosphere and radio wave propagation.
  • B. R. B. Greaves
    R. B. Greaves was a soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1969 hit single "Take a Letter Maria."
  • C. William McGlashen
    William McGlashen was a relative of American screenwriter and silent-era film pioneer Bess Meredyth, though little else is widely documented about his life or career.
  • D. J. M. Macdonnell
    J. M. Macdonnell was a Canadian academic and administrator who served as a chancellor at Carleton University.
  • E. P. C. Clemmow
    P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
  • 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: R. G. Clegg
Triple: [Walter Willinger, hasCoAuthor, R. G. Clegg]
Generated description
R. G. Clegg is a researcher known for work in network traffic modeling and Internet measurement, often collaborating with prominent network scientist Walter Willinger.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. G. Clegg
Target entity description: R. G. Clegg is a researcher known for work in network traffic modeling and Internet measurement, often collaborating with prominent network scientist Walter Willinger.
  • A. J. A. Ratcliffe
    J. A. Ratcliffe was a British physicist and radio scientist known for his pioneering work on the ionosphere and radio wave propagation.
  • B. R. B. Greaves
    R. B. Greaves was a soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1969 hit single "Take a Letter Maria."
  • C. William McGlashen
    William McGlashen was a relative of American screenwriter and silent-era film pioneer Bess Meredyth, though little else is widely documented about his life or career.
  • D. J. M. Macdonnell
    J. M. Macdonnell was a Canadian academic and administrator who served as a chancellor at Carleton University.
  • E. P. C. Clemmow
    P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
  • 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64410e5548190b60e13603b6c0053 completed April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07aba543908190a30c61bf4406ea74 completed May 15, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07acc9e5488190ba55f47af118fca2 completed May 15, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07ad8aefc4819098768025121123ba completed May 15, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.