Triple

T1674771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CP/M-86 E36205 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
E189530 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: Gary Kildall | Statement: [CP/M-86, creator, Gary Kildall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Kildall
Context triple: [CP/M-86, creator, Gary Kildall]
  • A. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • B. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • C. Dennis Ritchie
    Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
  • D. Ken Thompson
    Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
  • E. Fred Brooks
    Fred Brooks was an influential American computer scientist and software engineering pioneer best known for managing IBM’s System/360 project and authoring the classic book "The Mythical Man-Month."
  • 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: Gary Kildall
Triple: [CP/M-86, creator, Gary Kildall]
Generated description
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Kildall
Target entity description: Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
  • A. Fernando J. Corbató
    Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • B. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • C. Dennis Ritchie
    Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
  • D. Ken Thompson
    Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
  • E. Fred Brooks
    Fred Brooks was an influential American computer scientist and software engineering pioneer best known for managing IBM’s System/360 project and authoring the classic book "The Mythical Man-Month."
  • 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6247ec408190bc25d694b3238fa4 completed March 6, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad71b5729c8190b410893d62bedb13 completed March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad728cb27c8190802b30afc5e259e2 completed March 8, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad72fa21208190b596bfdfc69043bd completed March 8, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.