Triple

T7920735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject PDP-11 E183936 entity
Predicate operatingSystem P1593 FINISHED
Object RSTS/E
RSTS/E is a multi-user, time-sharing operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-11 minicomputers.
 E697039 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: RSTS/E | Statement: [PDP-11, operatingSystem, RSTS/E]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RSTS/E
Context triple: [PDP-11, operatingSystem, RSTS/E]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. VMS operating system
    VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
  • E. ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System)
    ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System) was an influential early time-sharing operating system developed at MIT’s AI Lab, known for its hacker-friendly environment and role in the development of much of early AI and Lisp software.
  • 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: RSTS/E
Triple: [PDP-11, operatingSystem, RSTS/E]
Generated description
RSTS/E is a multi-user, time-sharing operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-11 minicomputers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RSTS/E
Target entity description: RSTS/E is a multi-user, time-sharing operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-11 minicomputers.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. VMS operating system
    VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
  • E. ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System)
    ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System) was an influential early time-sharing operating system developed at MIT’s AI Lab, known for its hacker-friendly environment and role in the development of much of early AI and Lisp software.
  • 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_69ca828efbe48190bd48482650182e79 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3a9360f881908ca2433d0623315b completed March 31, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5beea7988190972f7d02881d98f6 completed March 31, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5f222c808190b9ef39896f149278 completed March 31, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb76bb9a308190a9d7b34838d696db completed March 31, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:06 p.m.