Triple

T4332214
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BBN Technologies E96778 entity
Predicate developed P73 FINISHED
Object TENEX operating system
TENEX operating system is an early time-sharing operating system for the PDP-10 that introduced advanced virtual memory and interactive computing features influential in later systems.
E431123 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: TENEX operating system | Statement: [BBN Technologies, developed, TENEX operating system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TENEX operating system
Context triple: [BBN Technologies, developed, TENEX operating system]
  • A. TOPS-10
    TOPS-10 is a historic time-sharing operating system for DEC's PDP-10 mainframe computers, widely used in the 1960s and 1970s in academic and research environments.
  • B. 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.
  • C. RSX-11
    RSX-11 is a family of real-time, multi-user operating systems for PDP-11 minicomputers, widely used in industrial and embedded applications in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • D. DECsystem-10
    The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
  • E. Multics
    Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
  • 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: TENEX operating system
Triple: [BBN Technologies, developed, TENEX operating system]
Generated description
TENEX operating system is an early time-sharing operating system for the PDP-10 that introduced advanced virtual memory and interactive computing features influential in later systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TENEX operating system
Target entity description: TENEX operating system is an early time-sharing operating system for the PDP-10 that introduced advanced virtual memory and interactive computing features influential in later systems.
  • A. TOPS-10
    TOPS-10 is a historic time-sharing operating system for DEC's PDP-10 mainframe computers, widely used in the 1960s and 1970s in academic and research environments.
  • B. 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.
  • C. RSX-11
    RSX-11 is a family of real-time, multi-user operating systems for PDP-11 minicomputers, widely used in industrial and embedded applications in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • D. DECsystem-10
    The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
  • E. Multics
    Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
  • 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_69b34542fd908190b11b08faad8decfd completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3514dc588819086a4c6d585c1b5b1 completed March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5d0a307388190af4cb98b03e9656d completed March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5d12a54e0819081379fd1ee85914b completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5d194975481908b029ab106223c6c completed March 14, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m.