Triple

T11419709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Xerox Alto E270586 entity
Predicate operatingSystem P1593 FINISHED
Object Alto OS
Alto OS is the pioneering operating system developed for Xerox's Alto computer, notable for helping introduce the graphical user interface and mouse-driven interaction to personal computing.
E924440 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: Alto OS | Statement: [Xerox Alto, operatingSystem, Alto OS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alto OS
Context triple: [Xerox Alto, operatingSystem, Alto OS]
  • A. Orbis OS
    Orbis OS is Sony's customized operating system for the PlayStation 4, built on a modified version of FreeBSD to power the console's gaming and multimedia features.
  • B. NonStop OS
    NonStop OS is a fault-tolerant, high-availability operating system from Hewlett Packard Enterprise designed for mission-critical, continuously running enterprise systems, including those based on Itanium processors.
  • C. Aegis operating system
    Aegis was a distributed, real-time operating system created by Apollo Computer for its Domain series of workstations, notable for its network-centric design and advanced development environment in the 1980s.
  • D. FlexOS
    FlexOS is a modular, real-time, multiuser operating system developed by Digital Research as a more advanced, flexible successor to its earlier CP/M-based systems.
  • E. Bluebottle operating system
    Bluebottle is a research-oriented, object-based operating system that extends the Oberon system with active objects, real-time capabilities, and a modern graphical user interface.
  • 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: Alto OS
Triple: [Xerox Alto, operatingSystem, Alto OS]
Generated description
Alto OS is the pioneering operating system developed for Xerox's Alto computer, notable for helping introduce the graphical user interface and mouse-driven interaction to personal computing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alto OS
Target entity description: Alto OS is the pioneering operating system developed for Xerox's Alto computer, notable for helping introduce the graphical user interface and mouse-driven interaction to personal computing.
  • A. Orbis OS
    Orbis OS is Sony's customized operating system for the PlayStation 4, built on a modified version of FreeBSD to power the console's gaming and multimedia features.
  • B. NonStop OS
    NonStop OS is a fault-tolerant, high-availability operating system from Hewlett Packard Enterprise designed for mission-critical, continuously running enterprise systems, including those based on Itanium processors.
  • C. Aegis operating system
    Aegis was a distributed, real-time operating system created by Apollo Computer for its Domain series of workstations, notable for its network-centric design and advanced development environment in the 1980s.
  • D. FlexOS
    FlexOS is a modular, real-time, multiuser operating system developed by Digital Research as a more advanced, flexible successor to its earlier CP/M-based systems.
  • E. Bluebottle operating system
    Bluebottle is a research-oriented, object-based operating system that extends the Oberon system with active objects, real-time capabilities, and a modern graphical user interface.
  • 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_69d6aaddeaa8819088b30ef7b50598c9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d801b20ce08190befc98379b879985 completed April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5b88f80d88190b91b63d0b7457c25 completed April 20, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5c28d3824819097ff84cb4e13c923 completed April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5c451c6c88190bcbb1f54ede35d29 completed April 20, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.