Triple

T9529280
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooks's law E229843 entity
Predicate publication P80 FINISHED
Object The Mythical Man-Month E32457 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: The Mythical Man-Month | Statement: [Brooks's law, publication, The Mythical Man-Month]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mythical Man-Month
Context triple: [Brooks's law, publication, The Mythical Man-Month]
  • A. The Mythical Man-Month chosen
    The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
  • B. No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering
    "No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering" is a seminal essay arguing that no single technology or practice will yield dramatic, order-of-magnitude improvements in software productivity, reliability, or simplicity.
  • C. Programming Pearls
    Programming Pearls is a classic computer science book by Jon Bentley that teaches practical problem-solving, algorithm design, and programming techniques through engaging essays and puzzles.
  • D. The Pragmatic Programmer
    The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
  • E. The Practice of Programming
    The Practice of Programming is a widely respected book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that teaches practical software development techniques, emphasizing clear code, debugging, testing, and performance.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd98b1b93481909812245ac14e4988 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d178f1d06c81908d2d065834405e88 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.