Triple
T7699651
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | VisiCalc |
E174455
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Microsoft Multiplan |
E572856
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Microsoft Multiplan | Statement: [VisiCalc, influenced, Microsoft Multiplan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Multiplan Context triple: [VisiCalc, influenced, Microsoft Multiplan]
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A.
Microsoft Multiplan
chosen
Microsoft Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program from Microsoft, released in the early 1980s as a competitor to VisiCalc and a precursor to Excel.
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B.
Lotus 1-2-3
Lotus 1-2-3 is a pioneering spreadsheet software program for personal computers that became a dominant business application in the 1980s.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
Peter Norton Computing
Peter Norton Computing was a software company best known for its Norton Utilities and other PC maintenance tools that helped popularize system optimization and data recovery for early personal computers.
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E.
Micros Systems
Micros Systems was a leading provider of point-of-sale and hospitality management software and hardware solutions for restaurants, hotels, and retail businesses.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6995a72cc8190998e56daa6f8e453 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c7026ba7b48190a18f1c1cbbf1b944 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8acb3ac4481909acafe50b9507aaa |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:03 p.m.