Triple
T2037678
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fred Brooks |
E44669
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering
"No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering" is a seminal essay arguing that no single technology or practice will yield dramatic, order-of-magnitude improvements in software productivity, reliability, or simplicity.
|
E229841
|
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: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering | Statement: [Fred Brooks, notableWork, No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering Context triple: [Fred Brooks, notableWork, No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering]
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A.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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B.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
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C.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
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D.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
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E.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
- 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: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering Triple: [Fred Brooks, notableWork, No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering]
Generated description
"No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering" is a seminal essay arguing that no single technology or practice will yield dramatic, order-of-magnitude improvements in software productivity, reliability, or simplicity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering Target entity description: "No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering" is a seminal essay arguing that no single technology or practice will yield dramatic, order-of-magnitude improvements in software productivity, reliability, or simplicity.
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A.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
-
B.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
-
C.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
-
D.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
-
E.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
- 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb95062c481908058d6da35337680 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae1ff63de081908795a95c998dd9ac |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae20a6ce14819098007416d6377f2e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae2130ba448190b91f590a348ebf88 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.