Triple
T22552088
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Backus |
E557582
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William W. Backus |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 W. Backus | Statement: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, William W. Backus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Backus Context triple: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, William W. Backus]
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A.
Hugh C. Backus
Hugh C. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
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B.
Clarence W. Backus
Clarence W. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
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C.
A.E. Backus
A.E. Backus was an influential American painter from Florida, best known for his vivid landscape scenes that helped define mid-20th-century Florida art.
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D.
Frederick F. Backus
Frederick F. Backus was a 19th-century American physician and politician from New York who served as a U.S. Representative.
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E.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Backus Target entity description: William W. Backus was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut.
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A.
Hugh C. Backus
Hugh C. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
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B.
Clarence W. Backus
Clarence W. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
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C.
A.E. Backus
A.E. Backus was an influential American painter from Florida, best known for his vivid landscape scenes that helped define mid-20th-century Florida art.
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D.
Frederick F. Backus
Frederick F. Backus was a 19th-century American physician and politician from New York who served as a U.S. Representative.
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E.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15f7647208190a1aaebd083bf095a |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.