Triple

T2978839
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burroughs Corporation E80461 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Seward Burroughs I E314065 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 Seward Burroughs I | Statement: [Burroughs Corporation, namedAfter, William Seward Burroughs I]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Seward Burroughs I
Context triple: [Burroughs Corporation, namedAfter, William Seward Burroughs I]
  • A. William Seward Burroughs I chosen
    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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Henry Miller
    Henry Miller was an American writer known for his semi-autobiographical, sexually candid, and experimental novels such as "Tropic of Cancer," which challenged literary and censorship norms in the 20th century.
  • D. Henry Gordon Bennett
    Henry Gordon Bennett was an Australian Army lieutenant general best known for his controversial leadership during World War II, particularly in the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore.
  • E. John Buffalo Mailer
    John Buffalo Mailer is an American writer, actor, and producer, known for his work in theater, film, and political commentary.
  • 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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad999cca40819082e2d6d10bdb7872 completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b224ad6c30819086a9df7fc7c51ed8 completed March 12, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.