Triple

T26820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Bardeen E537 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
 E2027 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: Bell Telephone Laboratories | Statement: [John Bardeen, employer, Bell Telephone Laboratories]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bell Telephone Laboratories
Context triple: [John Bardeen, employer, Bell Telephone Laboratories]
  • A. De Forest Radio Telephone Company
    De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
  • B. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • C. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • D. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • E. IBM
    IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
  • 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: Bell Telephone Laboratories
Triple: [John Bardeen, employer, Bell Telephone Laboratories]
Generated description
Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bell Telephone Laboratories
Target entity description: Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
  • A. De Forest Radio Telephone Company
    De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
  • B. Stanford Research Institute
    Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
  • C. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • D. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • E. IBM
    IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a246776cf48190aca9855cb07e8d89 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a248e88e588190a704e7b83d3dc07c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a24c29bf64819087a7b51e8a94c278 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a24cb52c9c8190a27dcb969b989649 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.