Triple

T11407185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BINAC E270268 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object UNIVAC series
The UNIVAC series was a pioneering line of early commercial mainframe computers that helped launch the computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s.
E291729 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: UNIVAC series | Statement: [BINAC, successor, UNIVAC series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNIVAC series
Context triple: [BINAC, successor, UNIVAC series]
  • A. UNIVAC I
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • B. UNIVAC Scientific (UNIVAC 1103)
    UNIVAC Scientific (UNIVAC 1103) was an early 1950s vacuum-tube scientific computer designed for high-speed numerical calculations and used primarily in research and military applications.
  • C. IBM 704
    The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
  • D. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • E. EDVAC
    EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
  • 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: UNIVAC series
Triple: [BINAC, successor, UNIVAC series]
Generated description
The UNIVAC series was a pioneering line of early commercial mainframe computers that helped launch the computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNIVAC series
Target entity description: The UNIVAC series was a pioneering line of early commercial mainframe computers that helped launch the computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • A. UNIVAC I chosen
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • B. UNIVAC Scientific (UNIVAC 1103)
    UNIVAC Scientific (UNIVAC 1103) was an early 1950s vacuum-tube scientific computer designed for high-speed numerical calculations and used primarily in research and military applications.
  • C. IBM 704
    The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
  • D. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • E. EDVAC
    EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
  • 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_69d6aaddeaa8819088b30ef7b50598c9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8014c820c81908538ba4a08e13230 completed April 9, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef12a7ea2c81909ac2ce2bbe549ebb completed April 27, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef354b3b3c8190b1c91dbf9c705a7d completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef5170ce9881908f2ecf3d5ada809a completed April 27, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.