Triple
T13194049
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Seward Burroughs I |
E314065
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
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FINISHED |
| Object | William S. Burroughs Jr. |
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: William S. Burroughs Jr. | Statement: [William Seward Burroughs I, relative, William S. Burroughs Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Jr. Context triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, relative, William S. Burroughs Jr.]
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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.
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist and author best known for pioneering gonzo journalism and writing "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
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D.
John Allen Cassady
John Allen Cassady is an American writer and musician best known as the son of Beat Generation icon Neal Cassady and for his involvement in preserving and promoting Beat and countercultural history.
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E.
Alexander Trocchi
Alexander Trocchi was a Scottish novelist and avant-garde writer associated with the Beat Generation and various radical artistic movements in mid-20th-century Europe.
- 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_69f7b056ae388190803458d8fd0331e9 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.