Triple
T21627396
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rick Dickinson |
E533737
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinclair home computers
Sinclair home computers were a pioneering line of low-cost British personal computers from the 1980s, best known for popularizing home computing in the UK with models like the ZX Spectrum.
|
E967259
|
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: Sinclair home computers | Statement: [Rick Dickinson, associatedWith, Sinclair home computers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair home computers Context triple: [Rick Dickinson, associatedWith, Sinclair home computers]
-
A.
Sinclair ZX80
The Sinclair ZX80 is a pioneering low-cost home computer released in 1980 that helped popularize personal computing in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is an 8-bit home computer line from the 1980s, popular in Europe for gaming and productivity software.
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C.
Acorn Electron
The Acorn Electron is a compact 8-bit home computer released in the 1980s as a cost-reduced, consumer-oriented version of Acorn's BBC Micro.
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D.
Amstrad
Amstrad is a British electronics company best known for its affordable home computers and consumer electronics that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
BBC Micro
The BBC Micro was a popular 1980s British home and educational computer, widely used in schools and influential in early personal computing and programming education in the UK.
- 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: Sinclair home computers Triple: [Rick Dickinson, associatedWith, Sinclair home computers]
Generated description
Sinclair home computers were a pioneering line of low-cost British personal computers from the 1980s, best known for popularizing home computing in the UK with models like the ZX Spectrum.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair home computers Target entity description: Sinclair home computers were a pioneering line of low-cost British personal computers from the 1980s, best known for popularizing home computing in the UK with models like the ZX Spectrum.
-
A.
Sinclair ZX80
chosen
The Sinclair ZX80 is a pioneering low-cost home computer released in 1980 that helped popularize personal computing in the United Kingdom.
-
B.
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is an 8-bit home computer line from the 1980s, popular in Europe for gaming and productivity software.
-
C.
Acorn Electron
The Acorn Electron is a compact 8-bit home computer released in the 1980s as a cost-reduced, consumer-oriented version of Acorn's BBC Micro.
-
D.
Amstrad
Amstrad is a British electronics company best known for its affordable home computers and consumer electronics that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
-
E.
BBC Micro
The BBC Micro was a popular 1980s British home and educational computer, widely used in schools and influential in early personal computing and programming education in the UK.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0c464fba881908d0ff2ac80511ce1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef52141e1c8190a861f4bc7cfcb490 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a0f9531b08190bbddca01060f20ae |
completed | May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a108bf4608190af587dd34077f2ad |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a110507d48190ad75223311ce159e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:34 p.m.