Triple

T12128704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IBM 650 E288875 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object IBM 1401
The IBM 1401 was a widely adopted, transistorized variable-word-length business computer from the late 1950s and early 1960s that helped popularize electronic data processing in offices worldwide.
E994173 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: IBM 1401 | Statement: [IBM 650, successor, IBM 1401]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM 1401
Context triple: [IBM 650, successor, IBM 1401]
  • A. IBM 704
    The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
  • B. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • C. IBM 605
    The IBM 605 was an early electronic calculating machine introduced in the 1940s that automated complex arithmetic operations for business and scientific applications.
  • D. UNIVAC I
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • E. IBM 604
    The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
  • 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: IBM 1401
Triple: [IBM 650, successor, IBM 1401]
Generated description
The IBM 1401 was a widely adopted, transistorized variable-word-length business computer from the late 1950s and early 1960s that helped popularize electronic data processing in offices worldwide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM 1401
Target entity description: The IBM 1401 was a widely adopted, transistorized variable-word-length business computer from the late 1950s and early 1960s that helped popularize electronic data processing in offices worldwide.
  • A. IBM 704
    The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
  • B. IBM 650
    The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
  • C. IBM 605
    The IBM 605 was an early electronic calculating machine introduced in the 1940s that automated complex arithmetic operations for business and scientific applications.
  • D. UNIVAC I
    UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
  • E. IBM 604
    The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
  • 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9158a2c2c8190aaff9d0cce177565 completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6684d33888190ba68425685d515ac completed May 2, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f669527fe881909baeb84ccff506c8 completed May 2, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f669fe4bc48190adba50ad58b10c45 completed May 2, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.