Triple

T5787978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Backus E128316 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object 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.
 E549305 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: Henny Backus | Statement: [Jim Backus, spouse, Henny Backus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henny Backus
Context triple: [Jim Backus, spouse, Henny Backus]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • C. Marilyn Amdahl
    Marilyn Amdahl is best known as the wife of pioneering computer architect Gene Amdahl, a key figure in the development of mainframe computing.
  • D. Robert W Floyd
    Robert W. Floyd was an influential American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate known for his pioneering work in algorithms, formal verification, and programming language semantics.
  • E. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • 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: Henny Backus
Triple: [Jim Backus, spouse, Henny Backus]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henny Backus
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • C. Marilyn Amdahl
    Marilyn Amdahl is best known as the wife of pioneering computer architect Gene Amdahl, a key figure in the development of mainframe computing.
  • D. Robert W Floyd
    Robert W. Floyd was an influential American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate known for his pioneering work in algorithms, formal verification, and programming language semantics.
  • E. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a5297c88190bd28adb2552a26f4 completed March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0981a002c8190ac8ed7407a80919c completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0989f7e58819098175e6eaacdb9ee completed March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c09cf3220481908c52b519e8495fff completed March 23, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.