Triple

T6023114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Naur E134109 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “Computing: A Human Activity”
“Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
 E563542 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: “Computing: A Human Activity” | Statement: [Peter Naur, notableWork, “Computing: A Human Activity”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Computing: A Human Activity”
Context triple: [Peter Naur, notableWork, “Computing: A Human Activity”]
  • A. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
    Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
  • B. The Universal Computer
    The Universal Computer is a book by mathematician and logician Martin Davis that traces the history and development of the concept of computation and the universal Turing machine.
  • C. Computing as a Discipline
    "Computing as a Discipline" is a seminal 1989 paper by Peter J. Denning that systematically defined the intellectual structure and core subfields of computer science as an academic discipline.
  • D. The Science of Computing
    "The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
  • E. Man-Computer Symbiosis
    Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
  • 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: “Computing: A Human Activity”
Triple: [Peter Naur, notableWork, “Computing: A Human Activity”]
Generated description
“Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Computing: A Human Activity”
Target entity description: “Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
  • A. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
    Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
  • B. The Universal Computer
    The Universal Computer is a book by mathematician and logician Martin Davis that traces the history and development of the concept of computation and the universal Turing machine.
  • C. Computing as a Discipline
    "Computing as a Discipline" is a seminal 1989 paper by Peter J. Denning that systematically defined the intellectual structure and core subfields of computer science as an academic discipline.
  • D. The Science of Computing
    "The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
  • E. Man-Computer Symbiosis
    Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
  • 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_69c008742a5c8190b9cb9c2787a3d8b3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04fbd7978819085d683578bc62aa3 completed March 22, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11371ceb88190b0c2d4218ed0327a completed March 23, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11400ddf08190b99943ada6ff2703 completed March 23, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1147e55fc81909225e1fe9e3eeec4 completed March 23, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:07 p.m.