Triple

T13434583
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Drugstore Cowboy E320196 entity
Predicate notableCameo P10205 FINISHED
Object William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest
William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest is the role played by the influential Beat Generation writer in the film "Drugstore Cowboy," where he appears as an aging, drug-addicted priest.
E1041643 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: William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest | Statement: [Drugstore Cowboy, notableCameo, William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest
Context triple: [Drugstore Cowboy, notableCameo, William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Sal Paradise
    Sal Paradise is the introspective, restless narrator and protagonist of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," embodying the Beat Generation's quest for freedom and meaning across postwar America.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest
Triple: [Drugstore Cowboy, notableCameo, William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest]
Generated description
William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest is the role played by the influential Beat Generation writer in the film "Drugstore Cowboy," where he appears as an aging, drug-addicted priest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest
Target entity description: William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest is the role played by the influential Beat Generation writer in the film "Drugstore Cowboy," where he appears as an aging, drug-addicted priest.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Sal Paradise
    Sal Paradise is the introspective, restless narrator and protagonist of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," embodying the Beat Generation's quest for freedom and meaning across postwar America.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d80761e6cc8190a90c844589998ecc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaee29fec81908b07b4fca2922242 completed April 12, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f739902d148190ac14ac66f1f9512f completed May 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f73d6051e48190a39e8de98bfb839a completed May 3, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7411fbb9481908f0106b01f2583bf completed May 3, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:40 p.m.