Triple

T2778
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. C. R. Licklider E52 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object 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.
E188 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: Bolt Beranek and Newman | Statement: [J. C. R. Licklider, employer, Bolt Beranek and Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bolt Beranek and Newman
Context triple: [J. C. R. Licklider, employer, Bolt Beranek and Newman]
  • A. Veritas
    Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
  • B. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • C. Tim the Beaver
    Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
  • D. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • E. Ted Nelson
    Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
  • 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: Bolt Beranek and Newman
Triple: [J. C. R. Licklider, employer, Bolt Beranek and Newman]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bolt Beranek and Newman
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Veritas
    Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
  • B. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • C. Tim the Beaver
    Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
  • D. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • E. Ted Nelson
    Ted Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning non-linear, interconnected digital documents.
  • 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_69a22e0d37588190897cf37a323013f5 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a230c560548190a57df2421e233775 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a238e23e0881909815d2dad067d7a1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a23ab3a1f481908407d4648bbf3f86 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a23b736e388190956fa92a68d25866 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:55 p.m.