Triple

T10427218
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject QuickBASIC E245817 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object QBasic
QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
E866575 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: QBasic | Statement: [QuickBASIC, successor, QBasic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: QBasic
Context triple: [QuickBASIC, successor, QBasic]
  • A. QuickBASIC
    QuickBASIC is an integrated development environment and compiler for the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for learning programming and developing DOS applications.
  • B. GW-BASIC
    GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
  • C. Liberty BASIC
    Liberty BASIC is an easy-to-use, Windows-focused implementation of the BASIC programming language designed for beginners and hobbyist developers to create simple applications.
  • D. BASIC-PLUS
    BASIC-PLUS is an extended, timesharing-oriented variant of the BASIC programming language developed for DEC’s PDP-11 systems, notable for adding structured programming features and system-specific enhancements.
  • E. CBASIC
    CBASIC is an early commercial implementation of the BASIC programming language, widely used on microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s for business and application development.
  • 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: QBasic
Triple: [QuickBASIC, successor, QBasic]
Generated description
QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: QBasic
Target entity description: QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
  • A. QuickBASIC
    QuickBASIC is an integrated development environment and compiler for the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for learning programming and developing DOS applications.
  • B. GW-BASIC
    GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
  • C. Liberty BASIC
    Liberty BASIC is an easy-to-use, Windows-focused implementation of the BASIC programming language designed for beginners and hobbyist developers to create simple applications.
  • D. BASIC-PLUS
    BASIC-PLUS is an extended, timesharing-oriented variant of the BASIC programming language developed for DEC’s PDP-11 systems, notable for adding structured programming features and system-specific enhancements.
  • E. CBASIC
    CBASIC is an early commercial implementation of the BASIC programming language, widely used on microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s for business and application development.
  • 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_69d381bf3dc08190bf35a2643e4e8f22 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4ea498ab08190b451c0b257c0711b completed April 7, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d8dc374f6c8190a44b9da27be343e4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8e8c683608190aa4333ed38e79f53 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d901c7684c8190837ed9ef0c2428af completed April 10, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:12 p.m.