Triple

T3304349
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bertrand Meyer E69410 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts
"Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts" is a computer science textbook by Bertrand Meyer that teaches object-oriented programming and software correctness using the Design by Contract methodology.
E347710 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: Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts | Statement: [Bertrand Meyer, notableWork, Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts
Context triple: [Bertrand Meyer, notableWork, Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts]
  • A. Modularity, Objects, and State
    "Modularity, Objects, and State" is a chapter in the classic computer science textbook *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* that explores how to structure programs using modular design, data abstraction, and mutable state, including object-oriented techniques.
  • B. OOPSLA
    OOPSLA is a premier academic conference focused on programming languages and object-oriented software development, organized under the ACM SIGPLAN umbrella.
  • C. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
    Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
    "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" is a classic computer science textbook by Niklaus Wirth that systematically teaches how combining appropriate data structures with algorithms leads to effective and efficient programs.
  • 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: Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts
Triple: [Bertrand Meyer, notableWork, Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts]
Generated description
"Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts" is a computer science textbook by Bertrand Meyer that teaches object-oriented programming and software correctness using the Design by Contract methodology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts
Target entity description: "Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts" is a computer science textbook by Bertrand Meyer that teaches object-oriented programming and software correctness using the Design by Contract methodology.
  • A. Modularity, Objects, and State
    "Modularity, Objects, and State" is a chapter in the classic computer science textbook *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* that explores how to structure programs using modular design, data abstraction, and mutable state, including object-oriented techniques.
  • B. OOPSLA
    OOPSLA is a premier academic conference focused on programming languages and object-oriented software development, organized under the ACM SIGPLAN umbrella.
  • C. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
    Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
    "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" is a classic computer science textbook by Niklaus Wirth that systematically teaches how combining appropriate data structures with algorithms leads to effective and efficient programs.
  • 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_69ad859f218081909458d2cebbf57565 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0c8179081908a2595d1fdb7560a completed March 8, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3e383088190a056ca793ebf4ffe completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2f9fb060881909dd940c69cf4a12e completed March 12, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3137bf988819080cef6c1946ec622 completed March 12, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.