Triple

T21268839
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Apple DOS E524201 entity
Predicate developer P73 FINISHED
Object Shepardson Microsystems
Shepardson Microsystems was a software company best known for creating early operating systems and language tools for microcomputers, including the original disk operating system used by Apple II computers.
E1475463 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: Shepardson Microsystems | Statement: [Apple DOS, developer, Shepardson Microsystems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shepardson Microsystems
Context triple: [Apple DOS, developer, Shepardson Microsystems]
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Lamont Digital Systems
    Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
  • C. North Star Computers
    North Star Computers was an early microcomputer company best known for producing S-100 bus–based systems and floppy disk subsystems during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Potomac Computer Systems
    Potomac Computer Systems was the original name of the company that later became Epic Games, the prominent video game and software developer.
  • E. Oberon Microsystems
    Oberon Microsystems is a Swiss software company known for its work on the Oberon family of languages and systems, including the development of the Component Pascal programming language.
  • 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: Shepardson Microsystems
Triple: [Apple DOS, developer, Shepardson Microsystems]
Generated description
Shepardson Microsystems was a software company best known for creating early operating systems and language tools for microcomputers, including the original disk operating system used by Apple II computers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shepardson Microsystems
Target entity description: Shepardson Microsystems was a software company best known for creating early operating systems and language tools for microcomputers, including the original disk operating system used by Apple II computers.
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Lamont Digital Systems
    Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
  • C. North Star Computers
    North Star Computers was an early microcomputer company best known for producing S-100 bus–based systems and floppy disk subsystems during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Potomac Computer Systems
    Potomac Computer Systems was the original name of the company that later became Epic Games, the prominent video game and software developer.
  • E. Oberon Microsystems
    Oberon Microsystems is a Swiss software company known for its work on the Oberon family of languages and systems, including the development of the Component Pascal programming language.
  • 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_69e0b5156d7881909bd4f83676590715 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e73651115081908b5083ba818a6bb1 completed April 21, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09900313748190a2ecc88cfd2b9c78 completed May 17, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0993b803b8819099eb7082303677d7 completed May 17, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0994235124819098fcf0b30bb0f757 completed May 17, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:01 p.m.