Triple
T8570738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MITS Altair 8800 |
E202918
|
entity |
| Predicate | manufacturer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
MITS
MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) was an early personal computer company best known for creating the Altair 8800, a pioneering microcomputer that helped launch the home computer revolution in the mid-1970s.
|
E744098
|
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: MITS | Statement: [MITS Altair 8800, manufacturer, MITS]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MITS Context triple: [MITS Altair 8800, manufacturer, MITS]
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A.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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B.
MTS
MTS is a public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services in the San Diego metropolitan area of California.
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C.
MTS
MTS is the three-letter National Rail station code for Montrose railway station in Angus, Scotland.
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D.
MSX computers
MSX computers are a standardized family of 8-bit home computers from the 1980s, created to unify hardware platforms across manufacturers and popular especially in Japan and parts of Europe.
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E.
Mostek
Mostek was an American semiconductor company known for its influential role in early microprocessor, memory, and bus interface technologies during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: MITS Triple: [MITS Altair 8800, manufacturer, MITS]
Generated description
MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) was an early personal computer company best known for creating the Altair 8800, a pioneering microcomputer that helped launch the home computer revolution in the mid-1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MITS Target entity description: MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) was an early personal computer company best known for creating the Altair 8800, a pioneering microcomputer that helped launch the home computer revolution in the mid-1970s.
-
A.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
-
B.
MTS
MTS is a public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services in the San Diego metropolitan area of California.
-
C.
MTS
MTS is the three-letter National Rail station code for Montrose railway station in Angus, Scotland.
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D.
MSX computers
MSX computers are a standardized family of 8-bit home computers from the 1980s, created to unify hardware platforms across manufacturers and popular especially in Japan and parts of Europe.
-
E.
Mostek
Mostek was an American semiconductor company known for its influential role in early microprocessor, memory, and bus interface technologies during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69ca8327b0a881908606ff860713964d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea4223888190a56d9026ae0b9ec0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce8983bd3c819094457b5160bc928d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce8ac1dba48190bbad47a762130aab |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce8eae70008190b2c7bbe4ce8d4c0a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:21 p.m.