Triple

T1635718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MDA E35355 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object IBM 3270-style terminal displays
IBM 3270-style terminal displays are block-oriented mainframe computer terminals widely used from the 1970s onward for high-speed, reliable interaction with IBM mainframe systems in corporate and institutional environments.
E184286 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 3270-style terminal displays | Statement: [MDA, predecessor, IBM 3270-style terminal displays]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM 3270-style terminal displays
Context triple: [MDA, predecessor, IBM 3270-style terminal displays]
  • A. Xerox Alto user interface
    The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.
  • B. Xerox Star system
    The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
  • C. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • D. The Computer as a Communication Device
    "The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
  • E. Terminal 2D
    Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
  • 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 3270-style terminal displays
Triple: [MDA, predecessor, IBM 3270-style terminal displays]
Generated description
IBM 3270-style terminal displays are block-oriented mainframe computer terminals widely used from the 1970s onward for high-speed, reliable interaction with IBM mainframe systems in corporate and institutional environments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM 3270-style terminal displays
Target entity description: IBM 3270-style terminal displays are block-oriented mainframe computer terminals widely used from the 1970s onward for high-speed, reliable interaction with IBM mainframe systems in corporate and institutional environments.
  • A. Xerox Alto user interface
    The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.
  • B. Xerox Star system
    The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
  • C. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • D. The Computer as a Communication Device
    "The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
  • E. Terminal 2D
    Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a17e8e08190afb78a953ab920ec completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58dbd0608190be207ab2bcdc9eef completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5a625d088190bbacbb69a0569d49 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad5ae605f88190b5e42d7cf923e9bb completed March 8, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.