Triple
T12161508
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian McNaught-Davis |
E289718
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedOn |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | BBC computing programs |
E356796
|
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: BBC computing programs | Statement: [Ian McNaught-Davis, workedOn, BBC computing programs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBC computing programs Context triple: [Ian McNaught-Davis, workedOn, BBC computing programs]
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A.
BBC Computer Literacy Project
chosen
The BBC Computer Literacy Project was a 1980s UK educational initiative that used television programs, books, and the BBC Micro computer to teach the public about computing and programming.
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B.
BBC BASIC
BBC BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language developed by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, notable for its speed, structured programming features, and widespread use on BBC Micro computers in UK education.
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C.
BBC Micro
The BBC Micro was a popular 1980s British home and educational computer, widely used in schools and influential in early personal computing and programming education in the UK.
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D.
The Home Computer Revolution
The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
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E.
Locomotive BASIC
Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.
- 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915c395e48190a16e97fd29787a51 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f6a0baf0819094e90b7e92b979d4 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.