Triple

T2384489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject OPENSTEP E46387 entity
Predicate standardizedBy P1371 FINISHED
Object NeXT and Sun Microsystems
NeXT and Sun Microsystems were influential technology companies that collaborated in the 1990s on object-oriented software frameworks and operating system technologies, notably contributing to the development of OPENSTEP.
 E260378 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: NeXT and Sun Microsystems | Statement: [OPENSTEP, standardizedBy, NeXT and Sun Microsystems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NeXT and Sun Microsystems
Context triple: [OPENSTEP, standardizedBy, NeXT and Sun Microsystems]
  • A. NeXT Inc.
    NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
  • B. Sun Microsystems
    Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
  • C. SPARCstation
    SPARCstation is a family of UNIX workstations developed by Sun Microsystems in the late 1980s and 1990s, based on the SPARC RISC architecture and widely used in engineering and academic environments.
  • D. Acorn Computers
    Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
  • E. NeXTstation
    NeXTstation was a line of high-end workstation computers introduced in 1990 by Steve Jobs’s company NeXT, known for their advanced NeXTSTEP operating system and influence on later Apple technologies.
  • 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: NeXT and Sun Microsystems
Triple: [OPENSTEP, standardizedBy, NeXT and Sun Microsystems]
Generated description
NeXT and Sun Microsystems were influential technology companies that collaborated in the 1990s on object-oriented software frameworks and operating system technologies, notably contributing to the development of OPENSTEP.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NeXT and Sun Microsystems
Target entity description: NeXT and Sun Microsystems were influential technology companies that collaborated in the 1990s on object-oriented software frameworks and operating system technologies, notably contributing to the development of OPENSTEP.
  • A. NeXT Inc.
    NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
  • B. Sun Microsystems
    Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
  • C. SPARCstation
    SPARCstation is a family of UNIX workstations developed by Sun Microsystems in the late 1980s and 1990s, based on the SPARC RISC architecture and widely used in engineering and academic environments.
  • D. Acorn Computers
    Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
  • E. NeXTstation
    NeXTstation was a line of high-end workstation computers introduced in 1990 by Steve Jobs’s company NeXT, known for their advanced NeXTSTEP operating system and influence on later Apple technologies.
  • 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc7bc87d0819090cd9d19d748bcc3 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aea8bae2ec8190962479832bf7762e completed March 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeab4258f88190a7a009d0fa501dd4 completed March 9, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeaba59cd08190981af351019b3e81 completed March 9, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.