Triple
T12115093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Litton Industries |
E288536
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
|
E962590
|
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: Monroe Calculating Machine Company | Statement: [Litton Industries, acquired, Monroe Calculating Machine Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monroe Calculating Machine Company Context triple: [Litton Industries, acquired, Monroe Calculating Machine Company]
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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.
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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.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
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D.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
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E.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
- 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: Monroe Calculating Machine Company Triple: [Litton Industries, acquired, Monroe Calculating Machine Company]
Generated description
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monroe Calculating Machine Company Target entity description: Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
-
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.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
-
D.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
-
E.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
- 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9156921dc8190aa132b0ab3a7c184 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f67f9c30819089305d5d42210c34 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f5fdea1afc8190b39557fdc571e300 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f5feeeeb2081908191b1c2d1c2fbfd |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.