Triple

T9191847
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award E220608 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Eric E. Sumner
Eric E. Sumner was a prominent engineer and telecommunications pioneer whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to establish a prestigious award in his honor.
E828641 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: Eric E. Sumner | Statement: [IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, namedAfter, Eric E. Sumner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric E. Sumner
Context triple: [IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, namedAfter, Eric E. Sumner]
  • A. Curtis D. Summers
    Curtis D. Summers was an American engineer and roller coaster designer known for creating numerous prominent wooden coasters for parks across North America.
  • B. Robert Summers
    Robert Summers is an American artist and sculptor best known for creating large-scale bronze monuments and public artworks.
  • C. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • D. Jeffrey S. Sutton
    Jeffrey S. Sutton is a prominent American jurist who serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and is known for his influential opinions on constitutional law and federalism.
  • E. David E. Talbert
    David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
  • 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: Eric E. Sumner
Triple: [IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, namedAfter, Eric E. Sumner]
Generated description
Eric E. Sumner was a prominent engineer and telecommunications pioneer whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to establish a prestigious award in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric E. Sumner
Target entity description: Eric E. Sumner was a prominent engineer and telecommunications pioneer whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to establish a prestigious award in his honor.
  • A. Curtis D. Summers
    Curtis D. Summers was an American engineer and roller coaster designer known for creating numerous prominent wooden coasters for parks across North America.
  • B. Robert Summers
    Robert Summers is an American artist and sculptor best known for creating large-scale bronze monuments and public artworks.
  • C. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • D. Jeffrey S. Sutton
    Jeffrey S. Sutton is a prominent American jurist who serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and is known for his influential opinions on constitutional law and federalism.
  • E. David E. Talbert
    David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
  • 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_69ca83e7ba70819088b74866d9da2c30 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd5c077b4819086c74e91ee4bd75e completed April 1, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d20c9b4c3c8190bfe58a75e93b20b8 completed April 5, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d20e9f480c819086b0165aa77ddb06 completed April 5, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d20fa9cab88190bbddcf18b49f8172 completed April 5, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:24 p.m.