Triple

T1662521
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Baran E35939 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Cabledata Associates
Cabledata Associates was a technology company involved in data and communications systems, known in part for employing internet pioneer Paul Baran.
E96778 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: Cabledata Associates | Statement: [Paul Baran, employer, Cabledata Associates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cabledata Associates
Context triple: [Paul Baran, employer, Cabledata Associates]
  • A. Time Warner Cable
    Time Warner Cable was a major American cable television and broadband internet service provider that operated independently until its acquisition by Charter Communications in 2016.
  • B. BBN Technologies
    BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.
  • C. Telcordia Technologies
    Telcordia Technologies is a telecommunications research and development company known for creating industry standards and software solutions for network planning, management, and operations.
  • D. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • E. Lumen Technologies
    Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
  • 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: Cabledata Associates
Triple: [Paul Baran, employer, Cabledata Associates]
Generated description
Cabledata Associates was a technology company involved in data and communications systems, known in part for employing internet pioneer Paul Baran.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cabledata Associates
Target entity description: Cabledata Associates was a technology company involved in data and communications systems, known in part for employing internet pioneer Paul Baran.
  • A. Time Warner Cable
    Time Warner Cable was a major American cable television and broadband internet service provider that operated independently until its acquisition by Charter Communications in 2016.
  • B. BBN Technologies chosen
    BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.
  • C. Telcordia Technologies
    Telcordia Technologies is a telecommunications research and development company known for creating industry standards and software solutions for network planning, management, and operations.
  • D. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • E. Lumen Technologies
    Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90ab3bd7081908d15d772b10aebbe completed March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad682d968081909494920f3a7ea3af completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad69017e448190b337337431c6f797 completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad6966c3108190bf2519f698dd3903 completed March 8, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.