Triple

T677299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sidney Darlington E13105 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Darlington transistor configuration
The Darlington transistor configuration is an electronic circuit design that pairs two bipolar transistors to function as a single device with very high current gain and input impedance.
E83410 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: Darlington transistor configuration | Statement: [Sidney Darlington, notableWork, Darlington transistor configuration]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darlington transistor configuration
Context triple: [Sidney Darlington, notableWork, Darlington transistor configuration]
  • A. µA741
    µA741 is a classic general-purpose operational amplifier integrated circuit widely used in analog electronics for signal conditioning, filtering, and amplification.
  • B. Shockley diode equation
    The Shockley diode equation is a fundamental formula in semiconductor physics that describes the current–voltage relationship of an ideal p–n junction diode.
  • C. Fairchild Semiconductor
    Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
  • D. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • E. D.V.I.
    D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • 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: Darlington transistor configuration
Triple: [Sidney Darlington, notableWork, Darlington transistor configuration]
Generated description
The Darlington transistor configuration is an electronic circuit design that pairs two bipolar transistors to function as a single device with very high current gain and input impedance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darlington transistor configuration
Target entity description: The Darlington transistor configuration is an electronic circuit design that pairs two bipolar transistors to function as a single device with very high current gain and input impedance.
  • A. µA741
    µA741 is a classic general-purpose operational amplifier integrated circuit widely used in analog electronics for signal conditioning, filtering, and amplification.
  • B. Shockley diode equation
    The Shockley diode equation is a fundamental formula in semiconductor physics that describes the current–voltage relationship of an ideal p–n junction diode.
  • C. Fairchild Semiconductor
    Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
  • D. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • E. D.V.I.
    D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • 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_69a4933d3bf88190972041cd8cf143b9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a04c89148190b6330e86697bb37b completed March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c3a38b188190802394a35c83b10b completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c4482584819083b6b84ae8bf9b26 completed March 2, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5cd4023288190b35ecf295eb58dc1 completed March 2, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.