Triple

T542357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sun Microsystems E12656 entity
Predicate notableTechnology P22 FINISHED
Object NIS
NIS (Network Information Service) is a client-server directory service protocol developed by Sun Microsystems to centrally manage and distribute system configuration data such as user and host information across Unix networks.
E68057 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: NIS | Statement: [Sun Microsystems, notableTechnology, NIS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIS
Context triple: [Sun Microsystems, notableTechnology, NIS]
  • A. NSO
    NSO is the commonly used abbreviation for the National Symphony Orchestra, a major American orchestra based in Washington, D.C.
  • B. NI
    NI is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
  • C. NCP
    NCP (Network Control Protocol) was an early host-to-host communication protocol suite that enabled data exchange between computers on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
  • D. NIP
    NIP is the commonly used acronym for the U.S. National Intelligence Program, which funds and coordinates the nation’s primary intelligence activities across multiple agencies.
  • E. NSS
    The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) is a periodic policy document that outlines the U.S. government's overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to global challenges.
  • 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: NIS
Triple: [Sun Microsystems, notableTechnology, NIS]
Generated description
NIS (Network Information Service) is a client-server directory service protocol developed by Sun Microsystems to centrally manage and distribute system configuration data such as user and host information across Unix networks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIS
Target entity description: NIS (Network Information Service) is a client-server directory service protocol developed by Sun Microsystems to centrally manage and distribute system configuration data such as user and host information across Unix networks.
  • A. NSO
    NSO is the commonly used abbreviation for the National Symphony Orchestra, a major American orchestra based in Washington, D.C.
  • B. NI
    NI is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
  • C. NCP
    NCP (Network Control Protocol) was an early host-to-host communication protocol suite that enabled data exchange between computers on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
  • D. NIP
    NIP is the commonly used acronym for the U.S. National Intelligence Program, which funds and coordinates the nation’s primary intelligence activities across multiple agencies.
  • E. NSS
    The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) is a periodic policy document that outlines the U.S. government's overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to global challenges.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49861195081909540eaf402a5401a completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4cc5d690881908742b313f28a0012 completed March 1, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4cea9d11881908f4bac61c7e63e82 completed March 1, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4cf5649588190949250ee800d921f completed March 1, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.