Triple

T21990077
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SAX E543058 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object David Megginson
David Megginson is a Canadian software developer and open standards advocate best known for originating the Simple API for XML (SAX) used in XML parsing.
E1512293 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: David Megginson | Statement: [SAX, creator, David Megginson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Megginson
Context triple: [SAX, creator, David Megginson]
  • A. Eric Metcalf
    Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • B. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • C. Guy Busick
    Guy Busick is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing recent entries in the Scream horror film franchise and the darkly comedic thriller Ready or Not.
  • D. Michael Kuhn
    Michael Kuhn is a British film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and arthouse films, including the biographical comedy-drama "Florence Foster Jenkins."
  • E. Dan Pfeiffer
    Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
  • 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: David Megginson
Triple: [SAX, creator, David Megginson]
Generated description
David Megginson is a Canadian software developer and open standards advocate best known for originating the Simple API for XML (SAX) used in XML parsing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Megginson
Target entity description: David Megginson is a Canadian software developer and open standards advocate best known for originating the Simple API for XML (SAX) used in XML parsing.
  • A. Eric Metcalf
    Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • B. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • C. Guy Busick
    Guy Busick is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing recent entries in the Scream horror film franchise and the darkly comedic thriller Ready or Not.
  • D. Michael Kuhn
    Michael Kuhn is a British film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and arthouse films, including the biographical comedy-drama "Florence Foster Jenkins."
  • E. Dan Pfeiffer
    Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69e0c48136b081908831fa907cc02e18 completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1270cb67c81909a3aa2dc61c1894f completed April 28, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a6d81c92481909a58757f929f904c completed May 18, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a6e18d4f48190bfb917c9c9109ea5 completed May 18, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a6ee56684819082d2001b2e817ed8 completed May 18, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:05 p.m.