Triple

T15157261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles P. Thacker E362109 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation
The DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation was an experimental multi-CPU research computer developed at Digital Equipment Corporation’s Systems Research Center to explore parallel processing and distributed systems.
E1140395 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: DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation | Statement: [Charles P. Thacker, knownFor, DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation
Context triple: [Charles P. Thacker, knownFor, DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation]
  • A. Ceres workstation
    The Ceres workstation is a research-oriented computer system developed at ETH Zurich in the 1980s, notable for its use in the development and running of the Oberon operating system and programming environment.
  • B. Symbolics 3600-series workstations
    Symbolics 3600-series workstations were high-end Lisp machines from the 1980s designed for advanced AI research and symbolic computing.
  • C. Sun-1 workstation
    The Sun-1 workstation was Sun Microsystems’ first UNIX-based desktop computer, notable for helping pioneer the commercial workstation market in the early 1980s.
  • D. Sun-3 workstation
    The Sun-3 workstation is a line of 1980s UNIX-based computer workstations produced by Sun Microsystems, notable for using Motorola 68000-series processors and running the SunOS operating system.
  • E. Sun-2 workstation
    The Sun-2 workstation was an early 1980s UNIX-based computer from Sun Microsystems that helped popularize networked workstations in engineering and scientific environments.
  • 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: DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation
Triple: [Charles P. Thacker, knownFor, DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation]
Generated description
The DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation was an experimental multi-CPU research computer developed at Digital Equipment Corporation’s Systems Research Center to explore parallel processing and distributed systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation
Target entity description: The DEC Firefly multiprocessor workstation was an experimental multi-CPU research computer developed at Digital Equipment Corporation’s Systems Research Center to explore parallel processing and distributed systems.
  • A. Ceres workstation
    The Ceres workstation is a research-oriented computer system developed at ETH Zurich in the 1980s, notable for its use in the development and running of the Oberon operating system and programming environment.
  • B. Symbolics 3600-series workstations
    Symbolics 3600-series workstations were high-end Lisp machines from the 1980s designed for advanced AI research and symbolic computing.
  • C. Sun-1 workstation
    The Sun-1 workstation was Sun Microsystems’ first UNIX-based desktop computer, notable for helping pioneer the commercial workstation market in the early 1980s.
  • D. Sun-3 workstation
    The Sun-3 workstation is a line of 1980s UNIX-based computer workstations produced by Sun Microsystems, notable for using Motorola 68000-series processors and running the SunOS operating system.
  • E. Sun-2 workstation
    The Sun-2 workstation was an early 1980s UNIX-based computer from Sun Microsystems that helped popularize networked workstations in engineering and scientific environments.
  • 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba completed April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febff87b6c819097f5cc99b2d75fb6 completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec1c2ce5c81909e2df69e4cf80344 completed May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec25d50548190a056d6bb1297e780 completed May 9, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.