Triple
T3196529
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NSFNET |
E66947
|
entity |
| Predicate | managedBy |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merit Network
Merit Network is a nonprofit regional research and education network in Michigan that played a key role in operating and developing early national internet infrastructure.
|
E336000
|
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: Merit Network | Statement: [NSFNET, managedBy, Merit Network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merit Network Context triple: [NSFNET, managedBy, Merit Network]
-
A.
NSFNET
NSFNET was a high-speed, federally funded backbone network that expanded and commercialized the early internet across U.S. research and educational institutions.
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B.
Voorhees Computing Center
Voorhees Computing Center is a major academic computing and technology hub on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus, housing computer labs, networking infrastructure, and related IT services for students and faculty.
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C.
Infocom
Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
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D.
ARPANET
ARPANET was the pioneering packet-switching network developed in the late 1960s that became the technical foundation of the modern Internet.
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E.
USC Information Sciences Institute
USC Information Sciences Institute is a renowned research institute at the University of Southern California known for its pioneering work in computer science and its foundational contributions to the development of the internet.
- 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: Merit Network Triple: [NSFNET, managedBy, Merit Network]
Generated description
Merit Network is a nonprofit regional research and education network in Michigan that played a key role in operating and developing early national internet infrastructure.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merit Network Target entity description: Merit Network is a nonprofit regional research and education network in Michigan that played a key role in operating and developing early national internet infrastructure.
-
A.
NSFNET
NSFNET was a high-speed, federally funded backbone network that expanded and commercialized the early internet across U.S. research and educational institutions.
-
B.
Voorhees Computing Center
Voorhees Computing Center is a major academic computing and technology hub on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus, housing computer labs, networking infrastructure, and related IT services for students and faculty.
-
C.
Infocom
Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
-
D.
ARPANET
ARPANET was the pioneering packet-switching network developed in the late 1960s that became the technical foundation of the modern Internet.
-
E.
USC Information Sciences Institute
USC Information Sciences Institute is a renowned research institute at the University of Southern California known for its pioneering work in computer science and its foundational contributions to the development of the internet.
- 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada7177b488190b7a1b40ff3fae15f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bb2c9908190b3abc395537e22ac |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24cda28308190b33f189b8c7f3c58 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24d84f29c819087c15fd3883d6657 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.