Triple
T9529209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Design of Design |
E229842
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frederick P. Brooks Jr. |
E44669
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Frederick P. Brooks Jr. | Statement: [The Design of Design, author, Frederick P. Brooks Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Context triple: [The Design of Design, author, Frederick P. Brooks Jr.]
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A.
Fred Brooks
chosen
Fred Brooks was an influential American computer scientist and software engineering pioneer best known for managing IBM’s System/360 project and authoring the classic book "The Mythical Man-Month."
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B.
Barry W. Boehm
Barry W. Boehm is a pioneering American software engineer and computer scientist best known for developing the spiral model of software development and making foundational contributions to software cost estimation and engineering economics.
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C.
Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
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D.
David L. Parnas
David L. Parnas is a pioneering software engineer and computer scientist best known for introducing key concepts in software modularity and information hiding that shaped modern software engineering.
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E.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd98b1b93481909812245ac14e4988 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d178f1d06c81908d2d065834405e88 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.