Triple

T14120802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edgar Rice Burroughs E339898 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Burroughs
Burroughs is a surname most famously associated with American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of the Tarzan and Barsoom adventure series.
E1081159 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: [Edgar Rice Burroughs, familyName, Burroughs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs
Context triple: [Edgar Rice Burroughs, familyName, 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: [Edgar Rice Burroughs, familyName, Burroughs]
Generated description
Burroughs is a surname most famously associated with American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of the Tarzan and Barsoom adventure series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs
Target entity description: Burroughs is a surname most famously associated with American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of the Tarzan and Barsoom adventure series.
  • 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

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_69d81c6a95b481909e39111e0c1f31ee completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de60942a588190beff0058a92f7051 completed April 14, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcdf07feb48190b7519204b4f789b4 completed May 7, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fce0f2dcc48190952ea89af5c809d7 completed May 7, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fce1792ae48190a9379abff92f0f9e completed May 7, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.