Triple
T18021417
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | BBN Butterfly parallel computer |
E431124
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object | BBN Technologies |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: BBN Technologies | Statement: [BBN Butterfly parallel computer, developer, BBN Technologies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBN Technologies Context triple: [BBN Butterfly parallel computer, developer, BBN Technologies]
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A.
BBN Technologies
chosen
BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.
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B.
BBN
BBN is the National Rail station code for Blackburn railway station in Lancashire, England.
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C.
BBN
BBN is the early-universe process that produced the lightest elements—mainly hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of lithium—within the first few minutes after the Big Bang.
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D.
PAETEC Communications
PAETEC Communications was a U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided voice, data, and Internet services to business customers before being acquired by Windstream Communications.
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E.
Telcordia Technologies
Telcordia Technologies is a telecommunications research and development company known for creating industry standards and software solutions for network planning, management, and operations.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b904530081908bf341d842464856 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4b9c299c48190b0cceecf77cb6de9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.