Triple
T8319077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Cronenberg |
E194781
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William S. Burroughs |
E63899
|
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: William S. Burroughs | Statement: [David Cronenberg, influencedBy, William S. Burroughs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Context triple: [David Cronenberg, influencedBy, William S. Burroughs]
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A.
William S. Burroughs
chosen
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.
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.
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C.
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist and author best known for pioneering gonzo journalism and writing "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
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D.
Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his raw, autobiographical depictions of alcoholism, poverty, and the lives of marginalized people in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet best known for pioneering the Beat Generation literary movement with works like "On the Road."
- 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_69ca82e7a8a88190a32bb5cc0feb012d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f648e10819081ad1fed870b2b86 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd9596891c81909296050d0a8117ca |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.