Triple
T23155438
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jim Highsmith |
E578423
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
James A. Highsmith III
James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer, author, and thought leader best known as a co-author of the Agile Manifesto and a pioneer in adaptive project management and agile methodologies.
|
E1574286
|
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: James A. Highsmith III | Statement: [Jim Highsmith, fullName, James A. Highsmith III]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Highsmith III Context triple: [Jim Highsmith, fullName, James A. Highsmith III]
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A.
Timothy J. Geraghty
Timothy J. Geraghty is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general best known for commanding American forces during the Multinational Force in Lebanon deployment in the early 1980s.
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B.
Jeffrey M. Howard
Jeffrey M. Howard is an American screenwriter best known for his work on animated films, particularly within Disney's Tinker Bell franchise.
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C.
Kevin D. Roberts
Kevin D. Roberts is an American conservative policy leader and commentator who serves as president of the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-leaning think tank.
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D.
Brian D. Smith
Brian D. Smith is a screenwriter known for collaborating on film and television projects, including co-writing work with Carey Van Dyke.
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E.
Mark P. McCahill
Mark P. McCahill is an American computer scientist best known for pioneering early internet technologies, including creating the Gopher protocol for distributed document search and retrieval.
- 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: James A. Highsmith III Triple: [Jim Highsmith, fullName, James A. Highsmith III]
Generated description
James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer, author, and thought leader best known as a co-author of the Agile Manifesto and a pioneer in adaptive project management and agile methodologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Highsmith III Target entity description: James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer, author, and thought leader best known as a co-author of the Agile Manifesto and a pioneer in adaptive project management and agile methodologies.
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A.
Timothy J. Geraghty
Timothy J. Geraghty is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general best known for commanding American forces during the Multinational Force in Lebanon deployment in the early 1980s.
-
B.
Jeffrey M. Howard
Jeffrey M. Howard is an American screenwriter best known for his work on animated films, particularly within Disney's Tinker Bell franchise.
-
C.
Kevin D. Roberts
Kevin D. Roberts is an American conservative policy leader and commentator who serves as president of the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-leaning think tank.
-
D.
Brian D. Smith
Brian D. Smith is a screenwriter known for collaborating on film and television projects, including co-writing work with Carey Van Dyke.
-
E.
Mark P. McCahill
Mark P. McCahill is an American computer scientist best known for pioneering early internet technologies, including creating the Gopher protocol for distributed document search and retrieval.
- 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_69e245fb8de081908f0eba7b5fd75bc4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18efca1f081908ff1c34ba25f40c3 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c309c3da48190b07c64b10fda58ff |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c31dd458c8190b8e98870dd5e19c5 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c325f5c248190b35e2c88b384ac31 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m.