Triple
T21789932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dorr Felt |
E537942
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Comptometer
The Comptometer was an early key-driven mechanical calculator widely used in business and accounting before the advent of electronic calculators.
|
E1502408
|
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: Comptometer | Statement: [Dorr Felt, knownFor, Comptometer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Comptometer Context triple: [Dorr Felt, knownFor, Comptometer]
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A.
Burroughs adding machine
The Burroughs adding machine is a pioneering mechanical calculator that automated arithmetic operations and became widely used in offices and businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
IBM 402 accounting machine
The IBM 402 accounting machine was an electromechanical tabulator widely used in the mid-20th century for business data processing tasks such as sorting, tabulating, and printing information from punched cards.
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C.
IBM 407 accounting machine
The IBM 407 accounting machine was an electromechanical punched-card tabulator widely used in mid-20th-century business data processing for tasks such as billing, payroll, and general accounting.
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D.
Remington typewriter
The Remington typewriter was one of the first commercially successful typewriting machines, helping to popularize modern office typing and standardized keyboard layouts in the late 19th century.
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E.
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
- 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: Comptometer Triple: [Dorr Felt, knownFor, Comptometer]
Generated description
The Comptometer was an early key-driven mechanical calculator widely used in business and accounting before the advent of electronic calculators.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Comptometer Target entity description: The Comptometer was an early key-driven mechanical calculator widely used in business and accounting before the advent of electronic calculators.
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A.
Burroughs adding machine
The Burroughs adding machine is a pioneering mechanical calculator that automated arithmetic operations and became widely used in offices and businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
IBM 402 accounting machine
The IBM 402 accounting machine was an electromechanical tabulator widely used in the mid-20th century for business data processing tasks such as sorting, tabulating, and printing information from punched cards.
-
C.
IBM 407 accounting machine
The IBM 407 accounting machine was an electromechanical punched-card tabulator widely used in mid-20th-century business data processing for tasks such as billing, payroll, and general accounting.
-
D.
Remington typewriter
The Remington typewriter was one of the first commercially successful typewriting machines, helping to popularize modern office typing and standardized keyboard layouts in the late 19th century.
-
E.
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
- 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_69e0c47198f881908cb0d237266c10e9 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f0621ed2b481909e3df17aee9cd8f7 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a3e74f3b8819099c9b8565afb5e2e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a401ceb748190a4718ea4bc7ece45 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a40bc29fc8190b082a1f86b2c4907 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:52 p.m.