Triple
T15157270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles P. Thacker |
E362109
|
entity |
| Predicate | designed |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Xerox Alto |
E270586
|
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: Xerox Alto | Statement: [Charles P. Thacker, designed, Xerox Alto]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xerox Alto Context triple: [Charles P. Thacker, designed, Xerox Alto]
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A.
Xerox Alto
chosen
The Xerox Alto was a pioneering early personal computer that introduced the graphical user interface, mouse, and desktop metaphor that heavily influenced later systems like the Apple Macintosh.
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B.
Xerox Star system
The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
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C.
Xerox Alto user interface
The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.
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D.
PDP-1
The PDP-1 was an early 1960s minicomputer famous for its interactive computing capabilities and for running some of the first video games, including "Spacewar!".
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E.
Altair 680 computer
The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
- 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fec88419108190860319a9bcab1eef |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.