Triple
T1117702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | ALGOL 60 |
E11138
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasDesignedBy |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
|
E132264
|
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: John Backus | Statement: [ALGOL 60, wasDesignedBy, John Backus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Backus Context triple: [ALGOL 60, wasDesignedBy, John Backus]
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A.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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B.
John McCarthy
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist best known as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the creator of the Lisp programming language.
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C.
Alonzo Church
Alonzo Church was an American mathematician and logician best known for developing lambda calculus and making foundational contributions to computability theory and mathematical logic.
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D.
Gerald Jay Sussman
Gerald Jay Sussman is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence, the Scheme programming language, and computer science education at MIT.
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E.
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.
- 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: John Backus Triple: [ALGOL 60, wasDesignedBy, John Backus]
Generated description
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Backus Target entity description: John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
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A.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
-
B.
John McCarthy
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist best known as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the creator of the Lisp programming language.
-
C.
Alonzo Church
Alonzo Church was an American mathematician and logician best known for developing lambda calculus and making foundational contributions to computability theory and mathematical logic.
-
D.
Gerald Jay Sussman
Gerald Jay Sussman is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence, the Scheme programming language, and computer science education at MIT.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf0ecd448190affb5c24c3520732 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5eab1e6481908c175e175ae4743a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5f6ced108190bf635a0d8b3b22a5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5feabffc819082f5d28f9628558f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.