Triple
T13194033
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Seward Burroughs I |
E314065
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Burroughs |
E314065
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Burroughs | Statement: [William Seward Burroughs I, familyName, Burroughs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs Context triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, familyName, Burroughs]
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A.
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs was an influential American novelist and essayist known for his experimental, transgressive works such as "Naked Lunch" and his central role in the development of postwar countercultural literature.
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B.
William Seward Burroughs I
chosen
William Seward Burroughs I was an American inventor and businessman best known for developing and patenting an early adding machine and founding the company that became Burroughs Corporation.
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C.
Burrough
Burrough is a surname most notably associated with Ken Burrough, a former American football wide receiver who starred for the Houston Oilers in the 1970s.
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D.
Kilgore Trout
Kilgore Trout is a recurring fictional science-fiction writer in Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, known for his outlandish story ideas and role as a vehicle for the author’s social and philosophical commentary.
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E.
Burroughs A series
The Burroughs A series was an early line of mainframe computers produced by the Burroughs Corporation, known for its use in business and government data processing in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d806ae1e08819090d95bfe1538cc17 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c6158e4819082c8ad75b4dfdd90 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f79d3398b08190a0fc4b6044576e0a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.