Triple
T18347917
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jay Forrester |
E439589
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedOn |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Whirlwind computer project |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Whirlwind computer project | Statement: [Jay Forrester, workedOn, Whirlwind computer project]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whirlwind computer project Context triple: [Jay Forrester, workedOn, Whirlwind computer project]
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A.
Ultracomputers project
The Ultracomputers project was a pioneering research effort in massively parallel computing architecture led by Jacob T. Schwartz and collaborators in the 1980s.
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B.
The Computer Programme
The Computer Programme was a 1980s BBC television series that introduced viewers to computer technology and programming as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project.
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C.
Harvard Computers program
The Harvard Computers program was a pioneering late 19th- and early 20th-century initiative that employed (mostly women) human "computers" to catalog and analyze astronomical data, leading to major advances in stellar classification and astrophysics.
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D.
The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that chronicles the intense, behind-the-scenes effort of a small engineering team racing to design a new computer in the late 1970s.
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E.
Thunderbird project
The Thunderbird project is the community-driven organization responsible for developing and maintaining the Thunderbird open-source email client.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whirlwind computer project Target entity description: The Whirlwind computer project was an early real-time digital computer initiative at MIT that pioneered core technologies for modern computing and laid the groundwork for air defense systems like SAGE.
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A.
Ultracomputers project
The Ultracomputers project was a pioneering research effort in massively parallel computing architecture led by Jacob T. Schwartz and collaborators in the 1980s.
-
B.
The Computer Programme
The Computer Programme was a 1980s BBC television series that introduced viewers to computer technology and programming as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project.
-
C.
Harvard Computers program
The Harvard Computers program was a pioneering late 19th- and early 20th-century initiative that employed (mostly women) human "computers" to catalog and analyze astronomical data, leading to major advances in stellar classification and astrophysics.
-
D.
The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that chronicles the intense, behind-the-scenes effort of a small engineering team racing to design a new computer in the late 1970s.
-
E.
Thunderbird project
The Thunderbird project is the community-driven organization responsible for developing and maintaining the Thunderbird open-source email client.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e514f594f88190a683e6224e091593 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.