Triple

T854648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Burroughs E18463 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Burroughs
Burroughs is an English-origin surname borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and popular culture.
 E63899 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: Burroughs | Statement: [George Burroughs, familyName, Burroughs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Burroughs
Context triple: [George Burroughs, familyName, Burroughs]
  • A. William S. Burroughs
    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.
  • B. Sal Paradise
    Sal Paradise is the introspective, restless narrator and protagonist of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," embodying the Beat Generation's quest for freedom and meaning across postwar America.
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. Poe
    Poe is the Baltimore Ravens' raven mascot, named in honor of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe.
  • E. Charles Hoover
    Charles Hoover is a member of the Hoover family, known primarily as the brother of American engineer and diplomat Herbert Hoover Jr.
  • 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: Burroughs
Triple: [George Burroughs, familyName, Burroughs]
Generated description
Burroughs is an English-origin surname borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and popular culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Burroughs
Target entity description: Burroughs is an English-origin surname borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and popular culture.
  • 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.
  • B. Sal Paradise
    Sal Paradise is the introspective, restless narrator and protagonist of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," embodying the Beat Generation's quest for freedom and meaning across postwar America.
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. Poe
    Poe is the Baltimore Ravens' raven mascot, named in honor of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe.
  • E. Charles Hoover
    Charles Hoover is a member of the Hoover family, known primarily as the brother of American engineer and diplomat Herbert Hoover Jr.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a4938bdd3c8190a954a3c11844d9cf completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac3a48c08190b4677d825fcbfaf9 completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a792a29f448190b96d934656e5399e completed March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a79335d99c819098c72e7a86ad1130 completed March 4, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a793c612d88190bce254142bd75f67 completed March 4, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.