Triple
T22895840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard P. Gabriel |
E568170
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | essay "Worse Is Better" |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: essay "Worse Is Better" | Statement: [Richard P. Gabriel, notableWork, essay "Worse Is Better"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "Worse Is Better" Context triple: [Richard P. Gabriel, notableWork, essay "Worse Is Better"]
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A.
essay "Worse Is Better"
chosen
"Worse Is Better" is a famous essay by Richard P. Gabriel that argues simple, pragmatic software designs often succeed in practice over more theoretically elegant but complex alternatives.
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B.
software design philosophy "worse is better"
The software design philosophy "worse is better" advocates for simple, minimal, and pragmatic designs that may be imperfect but are easier to implement, understand, and widely adopt than more theoretically ideal solutions.
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C.
essay "The End of History and the Last Programming Language"
"The End of History and the Last Programming Language" is an influential essay by computer scientist and writer Richard P. Gabriel that reflects on the evolution, culture, and possible future stagnation of programming languages.
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D.
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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E.
"Go To Statement Considered Harmful"
"Go To Statement Considered Harmful" is a famous 1968 letter by Edsger W. Dijkstra that argued against the use of the goto statement in programming, helping to popularize structured programming principles.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e2458c23ec81908fa2570692c6614f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1801212808190b6471764d6c0b264 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:40 p.m.