Triple
T5819435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Backus–Naur Form |
E129070
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Backus |
E132264
|
NE FINISHED |
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: John Backus | Statement: [Backus–Naur Form, namedAfter, John Backus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Backus Context triple: [Backus–Naur Form, namedAfter, John Backus]
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A.
John Backus
chosen
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.
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B.
Henny Backus
Henny Backus was an American actress and author, best known for her work on stage and screen and for co-writing humorous books with her husband, actor Jim Backus.
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C.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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D.
John G. Kemeny
John G. Kemeny was a Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist best known as the co-inventor of the BASIC programming language and a pioneering advocate of time-sharing and accessible computing.
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E.
John McCarthy
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist best known as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the creator of the Lisp programming language.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0084869e881908d7859492183ca7b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c033e477c08190a8bd37c879e6b6b8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b0e20c208190b861fa8066852efc |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.