Triple

T13317003
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BUNCH E317211 entity
Predicate consistsOf P1393 FINISHED
Object Burroughs
Burroughs is an American company historically known for its pioneering role in business machines and early computer systems.
E314065 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 | Statement: [BUNCH, consistsOf, Burroughs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs
Context triple: [BUNCH, consistsOf, Burroughs]
  • 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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. 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
Triple: [BUNCH, consistsOf, Burroughs]
Generated description
Burroughs is an American company historically known for its pioneering role in business machines and early computer systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs
Target entity description: Burroughs is an American company historically known for its pioneering role in business machines and early computer systems.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.

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_69f7c6f5c0d88190b51cd65f6b7f8e6d completed May 3, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c83a3e04819097b6e0b5a3161b9a completed May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c9732d188190a8a7151d21e0a310 completed May 3, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:29 p.m.