Triple

T8038771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Metricom E187380 entity
Predicate customerEquipment P43299 FINISHED
Object Ricochet wireless modem
The Ricochet wireless modem was a portable device that provided users with early mobile internet access over Metricom’s Ricochet wireless data network.
E706627 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Ricochet wireless modem | Statement: [Metricom, customerEquipment, Ricochet wireless modem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricochet wireless modem
Context triple: [Metricom, customerEquipment, Ricochet wireless modem]
  • A. Mifi
    Mifi is a department in Cameroon's West Region, serving as an administrative division with its own local governance and population centers.
  • B. Wireless Ridge
    Wireless Ridge was a strategically important high ground near Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands and the site of one of the final and decisive battles of the 1982 Falklands War.
  • C. Rincon Networks
    Rincon Networks was the original name of Sonos, the American company known for its wireless home audio products and multi-room sound systems.
  • D. Wi‑Fi
    Wi‑Fi is a widely used wireless networking technology that allows devices to connect to the internet and communicate over local area networks using radio waves.
  • E. Hotspot 2.0
    Hotspot 2.0 is a Wi‑Fi technology standard that enables seamless, secure, and automatic connection to wireless networks without the need for manual logins or captive portals.
  • 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: Ricochet wireless modem
Triple: [Metricom, customerEquipment, Ricochet wireless modem]
Generated description
The Ricochet wireless modem was a portable device that provided users with early mobile internet access over Metricom’s Ricochet wireless data network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricochet wireless modem
Target entity description: The Ricochet wireless modem was a portable device that provided users with early mobile internet access over Metricom’s Ricochet wireless data network.
  • A. Mifi
    Mifi is a department in Cameroon's West Region, serving as an administrative division with its own local governance and population centers.
  • B. Wireless Ridge
    Wireless Ridge was a strategically important high ground near Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands and the site of one of the final and decisive battles of the 1982 Falklands War.
  • C. Rincon Networks
    Rincon Networks was the original name of Sonos, the American company known for its wireless home audio products and multi-room sound systems.
  • D. Wi‑Fi
    Wi‑Fi is a widely used wireless networking technology that allows devices to connect to the internet and communicate over local area networks using radio waves.
  • E. Hotspot 2.0
    Hotspot 2.0 is a Wi‑Fi technology standard that enables seamless, secure, and automatic connection to wireless networks without the need for manual logins or captive portals.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: customerEquipment
Context triple: [Metricom, customerEquipment, Ricochet wireless modem]
  • A. deviceIndicates
    Indicates that a device provides a signal, status, or output that conveys information about a condition, event, or state.
  • B. relatedDevice
    Indicates that one device has an association or connection to another device, without specifying the exact nature of that relationship.
  • C. featuresDevice
    Indicates that one entity includes, incorporates, or provides the other entity as a device within it or as part of its functionality.
  • D. device chosen
    Indicates that one entity is a device used, controlled, or referenced by another entity in the relationship.
  • E. valorDeviceIndicates
    Indicates that a Valor device is signaling, reporting, or otherwise providing evidence of a particular state, condition, or event.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca82b00cb48190b59a300f70e97bd7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3f19a6b4819085e2887fb0c54d08 completed March 31, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc570090a48190b84ba8325563148e completed March 31, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58edb31881909b6efd2fbbc2480e completed March 31, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cc9161c8190aae90f453f6d98c0 completed March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cb049688208190b32088bd2c5930bc completed March 30, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:23 p.m.