Triple
T8520853
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gordon Bell |
E201689
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | PDP-4 |
E701309
|
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: PDP-4 | Statement: [Gordon Bell, notableWork, PDP-4]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PDP-4 Context triple: [Gordon Bell, notableWork, PDP-4]
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A.
PDP-4
chosen
The PDP-4 was an early 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that helped establish the PDP line in scientific and engineering computing.
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B.
PDP-5
The PDP-5 was an early 18-bit minicomputer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable as a predecessor to the influential PDP-8 and for helping establish the minicomputer market.
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C.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
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D.
PDP-9
The PDP-9 was a 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that introduced advanced features and improved performance over its predecessors in the PDP series.
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E.
PDP-6
The PDP-6 was a 36-bit mainframe computer developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable for its time-sharing capabilities and influence on later PDP-10 systems.
- 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe628f8c48190a35201f9fde605cc |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6d3fabb08190a3ad63f9153ad44c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.