Triple

T7164947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Kernighan E167041 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object The AWK Programming Language
The AWK Programming Language is a classic technical book that introduced and defined the AWK text-processing language, co-created by its authors, and became a foundational reference for Unix-based scripting and data manipulation.
 E645519 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 AWK Programming Language | Statement: [Brian Kernighan, authorOf, The AWK Programming Language]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The AWK Programming Language
Context triple: [Brian Kernighan, authorOf, The AWK Programming Language]
  • A. GNU Awk
    GNU Awk is the GNU Project’s enhanced implementation of the AWK programming language, widely used for powerful text processing and data extraction in Unix-like environments.
  • B. "Unix Text Processing"
    "Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
  • C. The Unix Programming Environment
    The Unix Programming Environment is a classic 1984 book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that introduces the philosophy, tools, and practices of software development on Unix systems.
  • D. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
    Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools is a foundational computer science textbook that systematically covers the theory and practice of compiler design and implementation.
  • E. Algol W
    Algol W is a block-structured, high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a successor to ALGOL 60, incorporating features that influenced the later development of Pascal and other languages.
  • 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 AWK Programming Language
Triple: [Brian Kernighan, authorOf, The AWK Programming Language]
Generated description
The AWK Programming Language is a classic technical book that introduced and defined the AWK text-processing language, co-created by its authors, and became a foundational reference for Unix-based scripting and data manipulation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The AWK Programming Language
Target entity description: The AWK Programming Language is a classic technical book that introduced and defined the AWK text-processing language, co-created by its authors, and became a foundational reference for Unix-based scripting and data manipulation.
  • A. GNU Awk
    GNU Awk is the GNU Project’s enhanced implementation of the AWK programming language, widely used for powerful text processing and data extraction in Unix-like environments.
  • B. "Unix Text Processing"
    "Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
  • C. The Unix Programming Environment
    The Unix Programming Environment is a classic 1984 book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that introduces the philosophy, tools, and practices of software development on Unix systems.
  • D. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
    Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools is a foundational computer science textbook that systematically covers the theory and practice of compiler design and implementation.
  • E. Algol W
    Algol W is a block-structured, high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a successor to ALGOL 60, incorporating features that influenced the later development of Pascal and other languages.
  • 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_69c68888c10c819095e0383020225758 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e832d2548190aacff0de80dbc268 completed March 27, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7adcc145c8190ba65831ed891a225 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae9111048190b9d68932b15aeab9 completed March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7af44076481908d770dd92ed55277 completed March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.