Triple
T8570744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MITS Altair 8800 |
E202918
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed Roberts
Ed Roberts was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the MITS Altair 8800, a pioneering early personal computer that helped launch the microcomputer revolution.
|
E744099
|
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: Ed Roberts | Statement: [MITS Altair 8800, developer, Ed Roberts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Roberts Context triple: [MITS Altair 8800, developer, Ed Roberts]
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A.
Orvil E. Dryfoos
Orvil E. Dryfoos was an American newspaper executive who briefly served as publisher of The New York Times in the early 1960s.
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B.
Clark Kerr
Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
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C.
William G. Bowen
William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
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D.
William F. Knowland
William F. Knowland was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from California who served as Senate Majority Leader and was influential in shaping Cold War-era foreign policy.
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E.
Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
- 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: Ed Roberts Triple: [MITS Altair 8800, developer, Ed Roberts]
Generated description
Ed Roberts was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the MITS Altair 8800, a pioneering early personal computer that helped launch the microcomputer revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Roberts Target entity description: Ed Roberts was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the MITS Altair 8800, a pioneering early personal computer that helped launch the microcomputer revolution.
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A.
Orvil E. Dryfoos
Orvil E. Dryfoos was an American newspaper executive who briefly served as publisher of The New York Times in the early 1960s.
-
B.
Clark Kerr
Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
-
C.
William G. Bowen
William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
-
D.
William F. Knowland
William F. Knowland was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from California who served as Senate Majority Leader and was influential in shaping Cold War-era foreign policy.
-
E.
Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
- 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.