Triple

T8284690
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IBM System/390 E193760 entity
Predicate operatingSystemSupport P1593 FINISHED
Object VM/ESA
VM/ESA is IBM's mainframe virtual machine operating system designed for the System/390 architecture, providing extensive virtualization and multi-user time-sharing capabilities.
 E193761 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: VM/ESA | Statement: [IBM System/390, operatingSystemSupport, VM/ESA]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VM/ESA
Context triple: [IBM System/390, operatingSystemSupport, VM/ESA]
  • A. VM/370
    VM/370 is IBM's pioneering virtual machine operating system that allowed multiple independent OS environments to run concurrently on System/370 mainframe hardware.
  • B. z/VM
    z/VM is IBM's mainframe virtualization operating system that allows multiple virtual machines to run concurrently on IBM System z hardware.
  • C. 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.
  • D. OS/360
    OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
  • E. OS/390
    OS/390 is an IBM mainframe operating system that evolved from the MVS family, providing robust batch and transaction processing, high reliability, and enterprise-scale workload management.
  • 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: VM/ESA
Triple: [IBM System/390, operatingSystemSupport, VM/ESA]
Generated description
VM/ESA is IBM's mainframe virtual machine operating system designed for the System/390 architecture, providing extensive virtualization and multi-user time-sharing capabilities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VM/ESA
Target entity description: VM/ESA is IBM's mainframe virtual machine operating system designed for the System/390 architecture, providing extensive virtualization and multi-user time-sharing capabilities.
  • A. VM/370
    VM/370 is IBM's pioneering virtual machine operating system that allowed multiple independent OS environments to run concurrently on System/370 mainframe hardware.
  • B. z/VM chosen
    z/VM is IBM's mainframe virtualization operating system that allows multiple virtual machines to run concurrently on IBM System z hardware.
  • C. 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.
  • D. OS/360
    OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
  • E. OS/390
    OS/390 is an IBM mainframe operating system that evolved from the MVS family, providing robust batch and transaction processing, high reliability, and enterprise-scale workload management.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82e217a48190880695635c44b2ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7ad20ae481908179aba245c73fad completed March 31, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd687e64a08190a45a1cf5f5c32291 completed April 1, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d55196881909cf5ec925792e09f completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7e2bdae08190adc51e904e85695e completed April 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:52 p.m.