Triple

T5277708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stanford Research Park E119413 entity
Predicate notableTenant P40518 FINISHED
Object Varian Associates
Varian Associates was a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in microwave electronics, medical linear accelerators, and scientific instruments.
 E509072 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: Varian Associates | Statement: [Stanford Research Park, notableTenant, Varian Associates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Varian Associates
Context triple: [Stanford Research Park, notableTenant, Varian Associates]
  • A. Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
    Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation is a pioneering American company in computer graphics and simulation technology, known for its advanced visual systems and contributions to virtual reality and flight simulation.
  • B. Hewlett-Packard
    Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
  • C. Massachusetts Computer Associates
    Massachusetts Computer Associates was a pioneering computer science research and software development company active in the 1960s–1970s, known for employing influential computer scientists such as Leslie Lamport.
  • D. Oberon Microsystems
    Oberon Microsystems is a Swiss software company known for its work on the Oberon family of languages and systems, including the development of the Component Pascal programming language.
  • E. NeXT Inc.
    NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
  • 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: Varian Associates
Triple: [Stanford Research Park, notableTenant, Varian Associates]
Generated description
Varian Associates was a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in microwave electronics, medical linear accelerators, and scientific instruments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Varian Associates
Target entity description: Varian Associates was a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in microwave electronics, medical linear accelerators, and scientific instruments.
  • A. Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
    Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation is a pioneering American company in computer graphics and simulation technology, known for its advanced visual systems and contributions to virtual reality and flight simulation.
  • B. Hewlett-Packard
    Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
  • C. Massachusetts Computer Associates
    Massachusetts Computer Associates was a pioneering computer science research and software development company active in the 1960s–1970s, known for employing influential computer scientists such as Leslie Lamport.
  • D. Oberon Microsystems
    Oberon Microsystems is a Swiss software company known for its work on the Oberon family of languages and systems, including the development of the Component Pascal programming language.
  • E. NeXT Inc.
    NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
  • 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_69bd446d05a8819092ad333a3f9c8d5c completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8474e7fc8190ab5dd84f665ae6a4 completed March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06d9aab08190ad9905925a849922 completed March 21, 2026, 9 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf0940d79081909d0f87359df5100f completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0999f36c8190bb707c27228690f7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.