Triple
T6905453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering |
E159801
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marlan Bourns
Marlan Bourns was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Bourns, Inc., a major manufacturer of electronic components.
|
E688795
|
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: Marlan Bourns | Statement: [Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, namedAfter, Marlan Bourns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marlan Bourns Context triple: [Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, namedAfter, Marlan Bourns]
-
A.
William Dozier
William Dozier was an American film and television producer best known for producing and narrating the 1960s "Batman" TV series.
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B.
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Hollywood films and later for his work in early television.
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C.
George Bowers
George Bowers was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood movies, including the baseball comedy-drama "A League of Their Own."
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D.
Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Ward McAllister
Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
- 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: Marlan Bourns Triple: [Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, namedAfter, Marlan Bourns]
Generated description
Marlan Bourns was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Bourns, Inc., a major manufacturer of electronic components.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marlan Bourns Target entity description: Marlan Bourns was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Bourns, Inc., a major manufacturer of electronic components.
-
A.
William Dozier
William Dozier was an American film and television producer best known for producing and narrating the 1960s "Batman" TV series.
-
B.
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Hollywood films and later for his work in early television.
-
C.
George Bowers
George Bowers was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood movies, including the baseball comedy-drama "A League of Their Own."
-
D.
Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
-
E.
Ward McAllister
Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
- 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_69c68839ccb88190b4aa5cc1aca3448f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d98b07f0819093595e958fa0317b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8e5664fb8819098ca2138e7c1e044 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8e65d13b88190a85b4074122a09c9 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8e6b9d0e48190ae1739ca5b68ee3d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:25 p.m.