Triple

T9986105
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lynn Conway E196570 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Mead–Conway revolution in VLSI design E645815 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: Mead–Conway revolution in VLSI design | Statement: [Lynn Conway, knownFor, Mead–Conway revolution in VLSI design]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mead–Conway revolution in VLSI design
Context triple: [Lynn Conway, knownFor, Mead–Conway revolution in VLSI design]
  • A. Mead–Conway VLSI design revolution chosen
    The Mead–Conway VLSI design revolution was a transformative shift in microchip design methodology that introduced simplified, scalable design rules and modular, high-level approaches, enabling widespread, university-level integrated circuit design and catalyzing the modern semiconductor industry.
  • B. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
    IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on the design, analysis, and implementation of VLSI and integrated systems.
  • C. VLSI theory
    VLSI theory is a field of computer science and electrical engineering that studies the design, analysis, and complexity of highly parallel and efficient digital circuits and systems built with very-large-scale integration technology.
  • D. “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”
    “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” is the landmark 1965 article by Gordon E. Moore that introduced the observation later known as Moore’s Law, predicting the exponential growth of transistor density on integrated circuits.
  • E. VLSI technology
    VLSI technology (Very Large Scale Integration) is the process of creating integrated circuits by combining thousands to millions of transistors on a single chip, enabling complex and high-performance electronic 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_69ca82efbce081908179b4b9c65096eb completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdc79af13c81909349ae0b0d5da946 completed April 2, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d26a21b2388190b16f0aa142846599 completed April 5, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:49 p.m.