Triple

T4093914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IAS machine E87767 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object JOHNNIAC
JOHNNIAC was an early vacuum-tube digital computer built at the RAND Corporation in the 1950s, notable for its long operational life and role in advancing computer science research and artificial intelligence.
E412990 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: JOHNNIAC | Statement: [IAS machine, influenced, JOHNNIAC]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: JOHNNIAC
Context triple: [IAS machine, influenced, JOHNNIAC]
  • A. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • B. Colossus computers
    Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
  • C. Apollo Computer
    Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
  • D. COSMAC ELF computer
    The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
  • E. UNIVAC I
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • 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: JOHNNIAC
Triple: [IAS machine, influenced, JOHNNIAC]
Generated description
JOHNNIAC was an early vacuum-tube digital computer built at the RAND Corporation in the 1950s, notable for its long operational life and role in advancing computer science research and artificial intelligence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: JOHNNIAC
Target entity description: JOHNNIAC was an early vacuum-tube digital computer built at the RAND Corporation in the 1950s, notable for its long operational life and role in advancing computer science research and artificial intelligence.
  • A. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • B. Colossus computers
    Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
  • C. Apollo Computer
    Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
  • D. COSMAC ELF computer
    The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
  • E. UNIVAC I
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • 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_69aed94425148190be337845d56fac22 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefcda2f408190bcf2b64535193162 completed March 9, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b6cfb288190ac08c3a37327ac9a completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56cd11b5c8190b7e7c9c91b6564b6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56d3ff45881909f8b2c21ce51e0f0 completed March 14, 2026, 2:14 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.