Triple

T2038722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Digital Equipment Corporation E44692 entity
Predicate operatingSystemDeveloped P1593 FINISHED
Object TOPS-20
TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
 E232117 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: TOPS-20 | Statement: [Digital Equipment Corporation, operatingSystemDeveloped, TOPS-20]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: TOPS-20
Context triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, operatingSystemDeveloped, TOPS-20]
  • A. TOPS-10
    TOPS-10 is a historic time-sharing operating system for DEC's PDP-10 mainframe computers, widely used in the 1960s and 1970s in academic and research environments.
  • B. Multics
    Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
  • C. VMS operating system
    VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
  • D. RSX-11
    RSX-11 is a family of real-time, multi-user operating systems for PDP-11 minicomputers, widely used in industrial and embedded applications in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Xenix
    Xenix was a Microsoft-licensed, business-oriented version of the Unix operating system that ran on microcomputers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: TOPS-20
Triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, operatingSystemDeveloped, TOPS-20]
Generated description
TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: TOPS-20
Target entity description: TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
  • A. TOPS-10
    TOPS-10 is a historic time-sharing operating system for DEC's PDP-10 mainframe computers, widely used in the 1960s and 1970s in academic and research environments.
  • B. Multics
    Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
  • C. VMS operating system
    VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
  • D. RSX-11
    RSX-11 is a family of real-time, multi-user operating systems for PDP-11 minicomputers, widely used in industrial and embedded applications in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Xenix
    Xenix was a Microsoft-licensed, business-oriented version of the Unix operating system that ran on microcomputers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbdbfe6188190a32ab023660312bd completed March 7, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae2710f6408190b7feb99efa7ce9bb completed March 9, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae2a45abe4819096505781d6b27bd3 completed March 9, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2b0e84108190ab2c0f356836a45c completed March 9, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.