Triple
T20712067
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varian Associates |
E509072
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sigurd F. Varian |
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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: Sigurd F. Varian | Statement: [Varian Associates, foundedBy, Sigurd F. Varian]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sigurd F. Varian Context triple: [Varian Associates, foundedBy, Sigurd F. Varian]
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A.
Russell H. Varian
chosen
Russell H. Varian was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of the klystron tube and a pioneer in the development of microwave and radar technology.
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B.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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C.
George A. Aiken
George A. Aiken was a 19th-century American dramatist best known for his hugely popular stage adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin."
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D.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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E.
Charles P. Thacker
Charles P. Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work at Xerox PARC, where he was a key architect of the Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface.
- 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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c1cdcaac8190b9ba82d489fb3bfc |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:15 p.m.