Triple
T11113962
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Conner Peripherals |
E262832
|
entity |
| Predicate | competition |
P563
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maxtor
Maxtor was a major American manufacturer of hard disk drives, known for its consumer and enterprise storage products before being acquired by Seagate.
|
E905964
|
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: Maxtor | Statement: [Conner Peripherals, competition, Maxtor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxtor Context triple: [Conner Peripherals, competition, Maxtor]
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A.
Maxtor Tower
Maxtor Tower is a historic defensive tower that forms part of the medieval fortifications of Nuremberg, Germany.
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B.
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is a leading American data storage company best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage solutions for consumer and enterprise markets.
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C.
Iomega
Iomega was a data storage company best known for its Zip and Jaz drives, later acquired and operated as a subsidiary of EMC Corporation.
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D.
HGST
HGST is a data storage company and hard drive manufacturer known for its enterprise-class HDDs and SSDs, now operating as a brand under Western Digital.
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E.
Western Digital
Western Digital is a major American data storage company known for manufacturing hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and related storage solutions for consumers and enterprises.
- 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: Maxtor Triple: [Conner Peripherals, competition, Maxtor]
Generated description
Maxtor was a major American manufacturer of hard disk drives, known for its consumer and enterprise storage products before being acquired by Seagate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxtor Target entity description: Maxtor was a major American manufacturer of hard disk drives, known for its consumer and enterprise storage products before being acquired by Seagate.
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A.
Maxtor Tower
Maxtor Tower is a historic defensive tower that forms part of the medieval fortifications of Nuremberg, Germany.
-
B.
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is a leading American data storage company best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage solutions for consumer and enterprise markets.
-
C.
Iomega
Iomega was a data storage company best known for its Zip and Jaz drives, later acquired and operated as a subsidiary of EMC Corporation.
-
D.
HGST
HGST is a data storage company and hard drive manufacturer known for its enterprise-class HDDs and SSDs, now operating as a brand under Western Digital.
-
E.
Western Digital
Western Digital is a major American data storage company known for manufacturing hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and related storage solutions for consumers and enterprises.
- 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79aa637888190935e852281408356 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e42d78c71c81908671a93ac5196c0a |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e42f3eaa0c819095e5af20b910d979 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e43771eaec8190be9bb709723931e0 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.