Triple
T3014354
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bud Tribble |
E82299
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Macintosh development team at Apple |
E70371
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Macintosh development team at Apple | Statement: [Bud Tribble, partOf, Macintosh development team at Apple]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macintosh development team at Apple Context triple: [Bud Tribble, partOf, Macintosh development team at Apple]
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A.
Apple Macintosh team
chosen
The Apple Macintosh team was the group of engineers, designers, and developers at Apple responsible for creating the original Macintosh computer and pioneering its user-friendly graphical interface.
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B.
Apple Industrial Design Group
Apple Industrial Design Group is the in-house design team at Apple responsible for creating the company’s iconic hardware products and defining their aesthetic and functional design language.
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C.
MacQuinn
MacQuinn is a surname variant of Quinn, typically associated with Irish or Gaelic heritage.
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D.
Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
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E.
NeXT Computer line
The NeXT Computer line was a series of high-end workstations and servers developed by Steve Jobs’ company NeXT, notable for their advanced NeXTSTEP operating system and influence on later Apple technologies.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a69e8148190a97507740c9d26a8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b12e6b78448190beb41460314278ec |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.