Triple
T1649787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas J. Watson |
E35664
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM |
E5663
|
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: transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM | Statement: [Thomas J. Watson, notableFor, transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM Context triple: [Thomas J. Watson, notableFor, transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM]
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A.
International Computers and Tabulators
International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
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B.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
chosen
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
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C.
ENIAC project
The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.
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D.
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.
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E.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a66b58c819082d38ef1c805cf44 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad60a73a288190a659e2a1f09ba524 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.