Triple

T22895857
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard P. Gabriel E568170 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object software design philosophy "worse is better" — 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: software design philosophy "worse is better" | Statement: [Richard P. Gabriel, influenced, software design philosophy "worse is better"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: software design philosophy "worse is better"
Context triple: [Richard P. Gabriel, influenced, software design philosophy "worse is better"]
  • A. The Elements of Programming Style
    The Elements of Programming Style is a classic software engineering book that promotes clear, concise, and readable code through practical examples and principles.
  • B. Unix philosophy
    Unix philosophy is a set of software design principles emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the use of small, composable tools that do one thing well and work together through clear interfaces.
  • C. Linus’s Law
    Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
  • 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.
  • E. The Practice of Programming
    The Practice of Programming is a widely respected book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that teaches practical software development techniques, emphasizing clear code, debugging, testing, and performance.
  • 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: software design philosophy "worse is better"
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. The Elements of Programming Style
    The Elements of Programming Style is a classic software engineering book that promotes clear, concise, and readable code through practical examples and principles.
  • B. Unix philosophy
    Unix philosophy is a set of software design principles emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the use of small, composable tools that do one thing well and work together through clear interfaces.
  • C. Linus’s Law
    Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
  • 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.
  • E. The Practice of Programming
    The Practice of Programming is a widely respected book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that teaches practical software development techniques, emphasizing clear code, debugging, testing, and performance.
  • 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_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.