Triple

T13316878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burroughs B1900 series E317208 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object 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.
E1033536 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 A series | Statement: [Burroughs B1900 series, successor, Burroughs A series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs A series
Context triple: [Burroughs B1900 series, successor, Burroughs A series]
  • A. William S. Burroughs bibliography
    The William S. Burroughs bibliography is a comprehensive listing of the novels, essays, collaborations, and other writings by the influential American Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. William Seward Burroughs I
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 A series
Triple: [Burroughs B1900 series, successor, Burroughs A series]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs A series
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. William S. Burroughs bibliography
    The William S. Burroughs bibliography is a comprehensive listing of the novels, essays, collaborations, and other writings by the influential American Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. William Seward Burroughs I
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d806b4d62c81908d4ced1665414be5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d990f9a384819085890e18255ee339 completed April 11, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f716ec2ec08190a6e37795b422fe71 completed May 3, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f717d953b48190954b86c41ff34c07 completed May 3, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f718b852808190a2a0fb48424bffb0 completed May 3, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:29 p.m.