Triple
T11970277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David C. Evans |
E284900
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Evans & Sutherland |
E288383
|
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: Evans & Sutherland | Statement: [David C. Evans, coFounded, Evans & Sutherland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evans & Sutherland Context triple: [David C. Evans, coFounded, Evans & Sutherland]
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A.
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
chosen
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation is a pioneering American company in computer graphics and simulation technology, known for its advanced visual systems and contributions to virtual reality and flight simulation.
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B.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
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C.
Oberon Microsystems
Oberon Microsystems is a Swiss software company known for its work on the Oberon family of languages and systems, including the development of the Component Pascal programming language.
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D.
North Star Computers
North Star Computers was an early microcomputer company best known for producing S-100 bus–based systems and floppy disk subsystems during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Amdahl Corporation
Amdahl Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for producing IBM-compatible mainframe systems that challenged IBM’s dominance in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9037bee54819085242a3ef3e286f9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f459691ff0819099282172933d2d81 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.