Triple

T13194040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Seward Burroughs I E314065 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Burroughs adding machine
The Burroughs adding machine is a pioneering mechanical calculator that automated arithmetic operations and became widely used in offices and businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1027662 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: Burroughs adding machine | Statement: [William Seward Burroughs I, notableWork, Burroughs adding machine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs adding machine
Context triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, notableWork, Burroughs adding machine]
  • A. IBM 407 accounting machine
    The IBM 407 accounting machine was an electromechanical punched-card tabulator widely used in mid-20th-century business data processing for tasks such as billing, payroll, and general accounting.
  • B. IBM 402 accounting machine
    The IBM 402 accounting machine was an electromechanical tabulator widely used in the mid-20th century for business data processing tasks such as sorting, tabulating, and printing information from punched cards.
  • C. Monroe Calculating Machine Company
    Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
  • D. IBM 521 card punch
    The IBM 521 card punch was an electromechanical unit record machine used to punch, read, and process data on punched cards in early IBM data processing systems.
  • E. Harvard Mark I computer
    The Harvard Mark I computer was an early electromechanical, general-purpose computer built during World War II that pioneered the separation of data and instruction storage later known as the Harvard architecture.
  • 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: Burroughs adding machine
Triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, notableWork, Burroughs adding machine]
Generated description
The Burroughs adding machine is a pioneering mechanical calculator that automated arithmetic operations and became widely used in offices and businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs adding machine
Target entity description: The Burroughs adding machine is a pioneering mechanical calculator that automated arithmetic operations and became widely used in offices and businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. IBM 407 accounting machine
    The IBM 407 accounting machine was an electromechanical punched-card tabulator widely used in mid-20th-century business data processing for tasks such as billing, payroll, and general accounting.
  • B. IBM 402 accounting machine
    The IBM 402 accounting machine was an electromechanical tabulator widely used in the mid-20th century for business data processing tasks such as sorting, tabulating, and printing information from punched cards.
  • C. Monroe Calculating Machine Company
    Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
  • D. IBM 521 card punch
    The IBM 521 card punch was an electromechanical unit record machine used to punch, read, and process data on punched cards in early IBM data processing systems.
  • E. Harvard Mark I computer
    The Harvard Mark I computer was an early electromechanical, general-purpose computer built during World War II that pioneered the separation of data and instruction storage later known as the Harvard architecture.
  • 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_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_69f6f600f7a08190bcdd80d5563517c3 completed May 3, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6fa2e76fc819095f9a7e83189283c completed May 3, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6fb52f82c81909dcec658c7f58ec7 completed May 3, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.