Triple
T505622
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beat Generation |
E10496
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E63899
|
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: William S. Burroughs | Statement: [Beat Generation, hasNotableMember, William S. Burroughs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Context triple: [Beat Generation, hasNotableMember, William S. Burroughs]
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A.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet best known for pioneering the Beat Generation literary movement with works like "On the Road."
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B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
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C.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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D.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was an influential American poet and leading figure of the Beat movement, best known for his groundbreaking poem "Howl" and his role in 1950s–60s counterculture.
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E.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
- 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: William S. Burroughs Triple: [Beat Generation, hasNotableMember, William S. Burroughs]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet best known for pioneering the Beat Generation literary movement with works like "On the Road."
-
B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
-
C.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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D.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was an influential American poet and leading figure of the Beat movement, best known for his groundbreaking poem "Howl" and his role in 1950s–60s counterculture.
-
E.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
- 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a49eb990308190a3306f5408eec850 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a49f60529481908b68c2fdb6120641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4a01e54f08190be389a351aa131f0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.