Triple
T14812450
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Masatoshi Shima |
E348215
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation
Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation was a Japanese company known for developing early electronic calculators and for employing engineers who contributed to the creation of pioneering microprocessors.
|
E1120425
|
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: Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation | Statement: [Masatoshi Shima, employer, Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation Context triple: [Masatoshi Shima, employer, Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation]
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Nippon Electric Company
Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
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C.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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D.
Fujitsu General
Fujitsu General is a Japanese electronics company best known globally for manufacturing air conditioning and climate control systems.
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E.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
- 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: Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation Triple: [Masatoshi Shima, employer, Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation]
Generated description
Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation was a Japanese company known for developing early electronic calculators and for employing engineers who contributed to the creation of pioneering microprocessors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation Target entity description: Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation was a Japanese company known for developing early electronic calculators and for employing engineers who contributed to the creation of pioneering microprocessors.
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Nippon Electric Company
Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
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C.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
-
D.
Fujitsu General
Fujitsu General is a Japanese electronics company best known globally for manufacturing air conditioning and climate control systems.
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E.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
- 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_69d822eb8f588190bf53445e730a934f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69decf374f288190aa918b1b6b507420 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe24cca0b88190b20a6c7dd77b8146 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe291c69fc8190b29d6d2ca89ce6ec |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe29a093d0819092ae65dc66a3c190 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 a.m.