Triple

T1817757
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IBM i E40472 entity
Predicate supportsLanguage P2177 FINISHED
Object COBOL
COBOL is a long-established, English-like programming language primarily used for business, finance, and administrative systems on mainframes and enterprise platforms.
E204900 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: COBOL | Statement: [IBM i, supportsLanguage, COBOL]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COBOL
Context triple: [IBM i, supportsLanguage, COBOL]
  • A. PL/I
    PL/I is a high-level programming language developed by IBM in the 1960s that combines features from scientific, business, and systems programming languages into a single, general-purpose language.
  • B. BCPL
    BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
  • C. Fortran
    Fortran is a high-level programming language, particularly strong in numerical and scientific computing, widely used for engineering, physics, and high-performance applications.
  • D. Algol 68
    Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
  • E. ABC programming language
    ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
  • 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: COBOL
Triple: [IBM i, supportsLanguage, COBOL]
Generated description
COBOL is a long-established, English-like programming language primarily used for business, finance, and administrative systems on mainframes and enterprise platforms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COBOL
Target entity description: COBOL is a long-established, English-like programming language primarily used for business, finance, and administrative systems on mainframes and enterprise platforms.
  • A. PL/I
    PL/I is a high-level programming language developed by IBM in the 1960s that combines features from scientific, business, and systems programming languages into a single, general-purpose language.
  • B. BCPL
    BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
  • C. Fortran
    Fortran is a high-level programming language, particularly strong in numerical and scientific computing, widely used for engineering, physics, and high-performance applications.
  • D. Algol 68
    Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
  • E. ABC programming language
    ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65f7b84081909005ce36ef1199db completed March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf6019bc81909266b7f03b282f34 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc3557d988190ae04df41e81bc842 completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc3fadd08819090f9eedb4688cd4a completed March 8, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.