Triple

T22552083
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Backus E557582 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Hugh C. Backus
Hugh C. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
 E1548627 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: Hugh C. Backus | Statement: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, Hugh C. Backus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hugh C. Backus
Context triple: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, Hugh C. Backus]
  • A. Frederick F. Backus
    Frederick F. Backus was a 19th-century American physician and politician from New York who served as a U.S. Representative.
  • B. A.E. Backus
    A.E. Backus was an influential American painter from Florida, best known for his vivid landscape scenes that helped define mid-20th-century Florida art.
  • C. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • D. Henny Backus
    Henny Backus was an American actress and author, best known for her work on stage and screen and for co-writing humorous books with her husband, actor Jim Backus.
  • E. Robert Backus
    Robert Backus is a fictional character featured in the crime novel "The Narrows" by Michael Connelly.
  • 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: Hugh C. Backus
Triple: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, Hugh C. Backus]
Generated description
Hugh C. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hugh C. Backus
Target entity description: Hugh C. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
  • A. Frederick F. Backus
    Frederick F. Backus was a 19th-century American physician and politician from New York who served as a U.S. Representative.
  • B. A.E. Backus
    A.E. Backus was an influential American painter from Florida, best known for his vivid landscape scenes that helped define mid-20th-century Florida art.
  • C. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • D. Henny Backus
    Henny Backus was an American actress and author, best known for her work on stage and screen and for co-writing humorous books with her husband, actor Jim Backus.
  • E. Robert Backus
    Robert Backus is a fictional character featured in the crime novel "The Narrows" by Michael Connelly.
  • 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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15f7647208190a1aaebd083bf095a completed April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b73d487548190bbd8d6825155c88e completed May 18, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b751481108190819c1d12cb8ce2a7 completed May 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b761510b48190a09722be3fca7e93 completed May 18, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.