Triple
T11423123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Presper Eckert |
E270676
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sperry Rand |
E272791
|
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: Sperry Rand | Statement: [John Presper Eckert, employer, Sperry Rand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sperry Rand Context triple: [John Presper Eckert, employer, Sperry Rand]
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A.
Remington Rand
chosen
Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
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B.
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation was an early American computer company founded by ENIAC creators J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly that played a pioneering role in the development of commercial electronic computers.
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C.
Sperry Corporation
Sperry Corporation was a major American technology and defense contractor known for its innovations in electronics, navigation, and computing systems during the 20th century.
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D.
Honeywell Computer Division
Honeywell Computer Division was the computing arm of Honeywell responsible for designing and manufacturing mainframe and minicomputer systems during the mid-20th century.
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E.
An Wang
An Wang was a Chinese-American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Wang Laboratories, a pioneering company in early computer and word-processing technology.
- 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d801b357e88190ace56d36a945688f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e624600e0081909cc6f53c05a34efb |
completed | April 20, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.