Triple

T5945311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Backus E132264 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Backus
Backus is a surname most notably associated with John Backus, the American computer scientist who led the development of the Fortran programming language.
 E557582 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: Backus | Statement: [John Backus, familyName, Backus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Backus
Context triple: [John Backus, familyName, Backus]
  • A. Bortus
    Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
  • B. Earley
    Earley is a suburban town in Berkshire, England, situated near Reading and known for its residential character and proximity to major transport links.
  • C. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • D. Bartel
    Bartel is the given name of Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, a prominent Dutch mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory.
  • E. Bertramus
    Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
  • 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: Backus
Triple: [John Backus, familyName, Backus]
Generated description
Backus is a surname most notably associated with John Backus, the American computer scientist who led the development of the Fortran programming language.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Backus
Target entity description: Backus is a surname most notably associated with John Backus, the American computer scientist who led the development of the Fortran programming language.
  • A. Bortus
    Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
  • B. Earley
    Earley is a suburban town in Berkshire, England, situated near Reading and known for its residential character and proximity to major transport links.
  • C. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • D. Bartel
    Bartel is the given name of Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, a prominent Dutch mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory.
  • E. Bertramus
    Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
  • 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_69c00869d3308190af89b2453e0f7546 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0393a10448190b0960f4487e87448 completed March 22, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c084fce481909c306d6eeb99066d completed March 23, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c19665b08190ab3c66b7c6c33f61 completed March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c4576824819080ced71df8fdda6c completed March 23, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:01 p.m.