Triple

T11506285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Remington Rand E272791 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Sperry Rand E318036 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: [Remington Rand, successor, Sperry Rand]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sperry Rand
Context triple: [Remington Rand, successor, Sperry Rand]
  • A. Remington Rand
    Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
  • 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.
  • C. Sperry Corporation chosen
    Sperry Corporation was a major American technology and defense contractor known for its innovations in electronics, navigation, and computing systems during the 20th century.
  • 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.
  • 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)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aae2c3748190bed2ea50dfb160dc elicitation completed
NER batch_69d86db2f4b08190801de1b773932f59 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e71362e59481909675a1a784dcf7fd ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.