Triple

T10033278
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject COBOL E204900 entity
Predicate notableImplementation P102 FINISHED
Object Micro Focus COBOL
Micro Focus COBOL is a widely used commercial implementation of the COBOL programming language that provides tools for developing, modernizing, and deploying COBOL applications on contemporary platforms.
E839202 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: Micro Focus COBOL | Statement: [COBOL, notableImplementation, Micro Focus COBOL]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Micro Focus COBOL
Context triple: [COBOL, notableImplementation, Micro Focus COBOL]
  • A. IBM Enterprise COBOL
    IBM Enterprise COBOL is IBM’s modern, optimized implementation of the COBOL programming language for developing and maintaining high-performance business applications on IBM mainframe systems.
  • B. GnuCOBOL
    GnuCOBOL is a free, open-source compiler that translates COBOL programs into C, enabling them to be compiled and run on modern systems.
  • C. COBOL
    COBOL is a long-established, English-like programming language primarily used for business, finance, and administrative systems on mainframes and enterprise platforms.
  • D. CICS
    CICS is the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its research and education in computer science and related fields.
  • E. CICS Transaction Server
    CICS Transaction Server is IBM’s high-performance transaction processing platform used to run large-scale, mission-critical applications on mainframe systems.
  • 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: Micro Focus COBOL
Triple: [COBOL, notableImplementation, Micro Focus COBOL]
Generated description
Micro Focus COBOL is a widely used commercial implementation of the COBOL programming language that provides tools for developing, modernizing, and deploying COBOL applications on contemporary platforms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Micro Focus COBOL
Target entity description: Micro Focus COBOL is a widely used commercial implementation of the COBOL programming language that provides tools for developing, modernizing, and deploying COBOL applications on contemporary platforms.
  • A. IBM Enterprise COBOL
    IBM Enterprise COBOL is IBM’s modern, optimized implementation of the COBOL programming language for developing and maintaining high-performance business applications on IBM mainframe systems.
  • B. GnuCOBOL
    GnuCOBOL is a free, open-source compiler that translates COBOL programs into C, enabling them to be compiled and run on modern systems.
  • C. COBOL
    COBOL is a long-established, English-like programming language primarily used for business, finance, and administrative systems on mainframes and enterprise platforms.
  • D. CICS
    CICS is the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its research and education in computer science and related fields.
  • E. CICS Transaction Server
    CICS Transaction Server is IBM’s high-performance transaction processing platform used to run large-scale, mission-critical applications on mainframe systems.
  • 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_69ca834d77188190ad645e33e8ca3200 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdce47845c8190ab5696267fdedcad completed April 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d29a225e0c8190b87eb646cefa6a33 completed April 5, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d29e2d4c7c81909813ed07e4514d4b completed April 5, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d29e94a7808190ad2ee034dd9f2499 completed April 5, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:54 p.m.