Triple

T2038728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Digital Equipment Corporation E44692 entity
Predicate majorCompetitor P1794 FINISHED
Object Prime Computer
Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
E238527 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: Prime Computer | Statement: [Digital Equipment Corporation, majorCompetitor, Prime Computer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prime Computer
Context triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, majorCompetitor, Prime Computer]
  • A. Apollo Computer
    Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
  • B. Honeywell 316 minicomputer
    The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
  • C. DECsystem-10
    The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
  • D. PDP-11
    The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
  • E. PDP-7
    The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
  • 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: Prime Computer
Triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, majorCompetitor, Prime Computer]
Generated description
Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prime Computer
Target entity description: Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
  • A. Apollo Computer
    Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
  • B. Honeywell 316 minicomputer
    The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
  • C. DECsystem-10
    The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
  • D. PDP-11
    The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
  • E. PDP-7
    The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
  • 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_69abb951870481909dbdd8fc8b0c02fe completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58bffa30819099409ff59f844a9c completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae59892b848190a9cc8b086647ff14 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae59ff1234819083bbfdce270cb584 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.