Triple

T300
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Engelbart E5 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
E87 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: Tymshare | Statement: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, Tymshare]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tymshare
Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, Tymshare]
  • A. oN-Line System
    The oN-Line System (NLS) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and interactive graphical user interfaces.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Las Campanas Observatory
    Las Campanas Observatory is a major astronomical observatory in Chile renowned for its high-quality observing conditions and its role in cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomy.
  • D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
  • E. Differential analyzer
    The Differential Analyzer is an early analog mechanical computer designed to solve differential equations using interconnected rotating shafts and wheels.
  • 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: Tymshare
Triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, Tymshare]
Generated description
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tymshare
Target entity description: Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
  • A. oN-Line System
    The oN-Line System (NLS) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and interactive graphical user interfaces.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Las Campanas Observatory
    Las Campanas Observatory is a major astronomical observatory in Chile renowned for its high-quality observing conditions and its role in cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomy.
  • D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
  • E. Differential analyzer
    The Differential Analyzer is an early analog mechanical computer designed to solve differential equations using interconnected rotating shafts and wheels.
  • 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_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a222fb8de081909985a8ceba17a89e completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a23296d6a881908dbf9acacf9fb94f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a23385a92c81909dc72e5193d32d36 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a234b8f2648190881fdeb4a864617f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.