Triple
T3435825
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Xerox Star system |
E72448
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatingSystem |
P1593
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Xerox Star OS |
E72448
|
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: Xerox Star OS | Statement: [Xerox Star system, operatingSystem, Xerox Star OS]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xerox Star OS Context triple: [Xerox Star system, operatingSystem, Xerox Star OS]
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A.
Xerox Star system
chosen
The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
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B.
Xerox Alto
The Xerox Alto was a pioneering early personal computer that introduced the graphical user interface, mouse, and desktop metaphor that heavily influenced later systems like the Apple Macintosh.
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C.
TOPS-20
TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
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D.
Xenix
Xenix was a Microsoft-licensed, business-oriented version of the Unix operating system that ran on microcomputers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Xerox Alto user interface
The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.
- 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_69ad85af50288190a854b76653deee6f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb9f2e4b4819085336fb539daf3c7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b35481a03c81908fd69da55d81aca3 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.