Triple

T497705
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Free Software, Free Society E10330 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object The Danger of Software Patents
"The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
E61976 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: The Danger of Software Patents | Statement: [Free Software, Free Society, hasPart, The Danger of Software Patents]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Danger of Software Patents
Context triple: [Free Software, Free Society, hasPart, The Danger of Software Patents]
  • A. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
    Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
  • B. The Cathedral and the Bazaar
    The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
  • C. Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act
    Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act is a legislative measure that refined and clarified the original Bayh–Dole Act’s provisions governing the ownership and commercialization of inventions arising from federally funded research.
  • D. W3C patent policy
    The W3C patent policy is a framework that governs how patents are handled in World Wide Web Consortium standards to promote royalty-free, interoperable web technologies.
  • E. Software is eating the world
    "Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
  • 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: The Danger of Software Patents
Triple: [Free Software, Free Society, hasPart, The Danger of Software Patents]
Generated description
"The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Danger of Software Patents
Target entity description: "The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
  • A. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
    Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
  • B. The Cathedral and the Bazaar
    The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
  • C. Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act
    Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act is a legislative measure that refined and clarified the original Bayh–Dole Act’s provisions governing the ownership and commercialization of inventions arising from federally funded research.
  • D. W3C patent policy
    The W3C patent policy is a framework that governs how patents are handled in World Wide Web Consortium standards to promote royalty-free, interoperable web technologies.
  • E. Software is eating the world
    "Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
  • 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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1183e988190bce70932a9678134 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a481efc3a881909575c5981e13a16b completed March 1, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a48352d91481909fb2119752595927 completed March 1, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a483bb51c48190a0c2d9a3198e0ae2 completed March 1, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.