Triple

T22552146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Backus E557583 entity
Predicate receivedAward P11 FINISHED
Object W. W. McDowell Award
The W. W. McDowell Award is a prestigious engineering honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and engineering.
E557583 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: W. W. McDowell Award | Statement: [John Backus, receivedAward, W. W. McDowell Award]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. W. McDowell Award
Context triple: [John Backus, receivedAward, W. W. McDowell Award]
  • A. D. M. Marshman Jr.
    D. M. Marshman Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1950 film noir drama "Sunset Boulevard."
  • B. Virgil Blessing
    Virgil Blessing is a character in William Inge’s play "Bus Stop," serving as a middle-aged ranch foreman who provides a grounded, paternal presence amid the romantic and emotional turmoil of the story.
  • C. C. L. Best
    C. L. Best was an American tractor and machinery pioneer whose company eventually merged into what became Caterpillar Inc., helping lay the foundation for the modern heavy equipment industry.
  • D. William Thomas Best
    William Thomas Best was a prominent 19th-century English organist and composer renowned for his virtuosic performances and influential organ arrangements.
  • E. E. J. Moody
    E. J. Moody was a local figure of significance in Alabama whose prominence led to the city of Moody being named in his honor.
  • 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: W. W. McDowell Award
Triple: [John Backus, receivedAward, W. W. McDowell Award]
Generated description
The W. W. McDowell Award is a prestigious engineering honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. W. McDowell Award
Target entity description: The W. W. McDowell Award is a prestigious engineering honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and engineering.
  • A. W. W. McDowell Award chosen
    The W. W. McDowell Award is a prestigious computer science and engineering honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field, once awarded to programming language pioneer John Backus.
  • B. D. M. Marshman Jr.
    D. M. Marshman Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1950 film noir drama "Sunset Boulevard."
  • C. Virgil Blessing
    Virgil Blessing is a character in William Inge’s play "Bus Stop," serving as a middle-aged ranch foreman who provides a grounded, paternal presence amid the romantic and emotional turmoil of the story.
  • D. C. L. Best
    C. L. Best was an American tractor and machinery pioneer whose company eventually merged into what became Caterpillar Inc., helping lay the foundation for the modern heavy equipment industry.
  • E. William Thomas Best
    William Thomas Best was a prominent 19th-century English organist and composer renowned for his virtuosic performances and influential organ arrangements.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15f7647208190a1aaebd083bf095a completed April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b2d6309d481909185ea6ebaf80d64 completed May 18, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b364718308190937c3b7ae90ea9df completed May 18, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b37a1ecc08190ac89e862582833a0 completed May 18, 2026, 4 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.