Triple

T2951228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject µA709 E79823 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Bob Widlar
Bob Widlar was a pioneering analog integrated circuit designer known for creating some of the first successful operational amplifiers and shaping early linear IC design at Fairchild and National Semiconductor.
 E313789 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: Bob Widlar | Statement: [µA709, designer, Bob Widlar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Widlar
Context triple: [µA709, designer, Bob Widlar]
  • A. Jack S. Kilby
    Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
  • B. Federico Faggin
    Federico Faggin is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, and inventor best known for leading the development of the first commercial microprocessor and pioneering work in semiconductor technology.
  • C. Carver A. Mead
    Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
  • D. Jean Hoerni
    Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • 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: Bob Widlar
Triple: [µA709, designer, Bob Widlar]
Generated description
Bob Widlar was a pioneering analog integrated circuit designer known for creating some of the first successful operational amplifiers and shaping early linear IC design at Fairchild and National Semiconductor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Widlar
Target entity description: Bob Widlar was a pioneering analog integrated circuit designer known for creating some of the first successful operational amplifiers and shaping early linear IC design at Fairchild and National Semiconductor.
  • A. Jack S. Kilby
    Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
  • B. Federico Faggin
    Federico Faggin is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, and inventor best known for leading the development of the first commercial microprocessor and pioneering work in semiconductor technology.
  • C. Carver A. Mead
    Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
  • D. Jean Hoerni
    Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • 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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad98fbb7d4819081c241f3ff9165e5 completed March 8, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc7edc808190863ec8f99efa3875 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd7d1cc88190a4f533a92d7e6de3 completed March 11, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0fde74b608190b59da720c90adfeb completed March 11, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.