Triple
T20712066
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varian Associates |
E509072
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Russell H. Varian
Russell H. Varian was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of the klystron tube and a pioneer in the development of microwave and radar technology.
|
E1447301
|
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: Russell H. Varian | Statement: [Varian Associates, foundedBy, Russell H. Varian]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell H. Varian Context triple: [Varian Associates, foundedBy, Russell H. Varian]
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A.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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B.
Leslie Valiant
Leslie Valiant is a renowned computer scientist known for his foundational work in computational learning theory, complexity theory, and artificial intelligence.
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C.
Charles P. Thacker
Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
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D.
David R. Cheriton
David R. Cheriton is a Canadian computer scientist, Stanford professor, and billionaire technology investor known for early backing of companies like Google.
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E.
Miles Wedderburn Lampson
Miles Wedderburn Lampson was a British diplomat best known for serving as High Commissioner and later Ambassador to Egypt during the interwar and World War II periods.
- 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: Russell H. Varian Triple: [Varian Associates, foundedBy, Russell H. Varian]
Generated description
Russell H. Varian was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of the klystron tube and a pioneer in the development of microwave and radar technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell H. Varian Target entity description: Russell H. Varian was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of the klystron tube and a pioneer in the development of microwave and radar technology.
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A.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
-
B.
Leslie Valiant
Leslie Valiant is a renowned computer scientist known for his foundational work in computational learning theory, complexity theory, and artificial intelligence.
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C.
Charles P. Thacker
Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
-
D.
David R. Cheriton
David R. Cheriton is a Canadian computer scientist, Stanford professor, and billionaire technology investor known for early backing of companies like Google.
-
E.
Miles Wedderburn Lampson
Miles Wedderburn Lampson was a British diplomat best known for serving as High Commissioner and later Ambassador to Egypt during the interwar and World War II periods.
- 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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c1cdcaac8190b9ba82d489fb3bfc |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08e04f58648190acf2cdc03ada05a4 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08e15d93ec8190bbe859fb42a4a5ac |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08e25d8cb08190ba75b792aac192ab |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:15 p.m.