Triple
T2894283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William S. Burroughs |
E63899
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E314065
|
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: William Seward Burroughs I | Statement: [William S. Burroughs, relative, William Seward Burroughs I]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Seward Burroughs I Context triple: [William S. Burroughs, relative, William Seward Burroughs I]
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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.
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B.
Henry Miller
Henry Miller was an American writer known for his semi-autobiographical, sexually candid, and experimental novels such as "Tropic of Cancer," which challenged literary and censorship norms in the 20th century.
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C.
Henry Gordon Bennett
Henry Gordon Bennett was an Australian Army lieutenant general best known for his controversial leadership during World War II, particularly in the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore.
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D.
Windland Smith Rice
Windland Smith Rice was an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist, known for her award-winning images and for being the daughter of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
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E.
Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the real-life boxing manager best known for guiding heavyweight champion James J. Braddock during his improbable rise in the 1930s.
- 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: William Seward Burroughs I Triple: [William S. Burroughs, relative, William Seward Burroughs I]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Seward Burroughs I Target entity description: 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.
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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.
Henry Miller
Henry Miller was an American writer known for his semi-autobiographical, sexually candid, and experimental novels such as "Tropic of Cancer," which challenged literary and censorship norms in the 20th century.
-
C.
Henry Gordon Bennett
Henry Gordon Bennett was an Australian Army lieutenant general best known for his controversial leadership during World War II, particularly in the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore.
-
D.
Windland Smith Rice
Windland Smith Rice was an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist, known for her award-winning images and for being the daughter of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
-
E.
Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the real-life boxing manager best known for guiding heavyweight champion James J. Braddock during his improbable rise in the 1930s.
- 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0fc5925a481908e89f51ad4056708 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0fcd5a03881908ad2fc97624c3bbc |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0fd3333288190a47f26a3941b9fe4 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.