Triple

T1641691
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Kahn E35485 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
The Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA was a pioneering U.S. government research office that funded and directed early computer science and networking projects, including the foundations of the ARPANET and modern internet technologies.
E186557 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: Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA | Statement: [Robert Kahn, employer, Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
Context triple: [Robert Kahn, employer, Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA]
  • A. Man-Computer Symbiosis
    Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
  • B. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • C. The Computer as a Communication Device
    "The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
  • D. ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
    The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.
  • E. "A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"
    "A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" is the seminal 1955 research proposal by John McCarthy and colleagues that launched the field of artificial intelligence by defining its goals and organizing the landmark 1956 Dartmouth conference.
  • 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: Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
Triple: [Robert Kahn, employer, Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA]
Generated description
The Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA was a pioneering U.S. government research office that funded and directed early computer science and networking projects, including the foundations of the ARPANET and modern internet technologies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
Target entity description: The Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA was a pioneering U.S. government research office that funded and directed early computer science and networking projects, including the foundations of the ARPANET and modern internet technologies.
  • A. Man-Computer Symbiosis
    Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
  • B. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • C. The Computer as a Communication Device
    "The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
  • D. ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
    The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.
  • E. "A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"
    "A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" is the seminal 1955 research proposal by John McCarthy and colleagues that launched the field of artificial intelligence by defining its goals and organizing the landmark 1956 Dartmouth conference.
  • 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_69a88604618c81908b41f6429c431eb6 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a3e254081908b7c4a9dfeafc4f8 completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad60a0096c81909dc723d0db95481e completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad620fe35481909bf4751001e29161 completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad626d42388190b6a961a84333bd21 completed March 8, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.