Triple

T169281
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject B. F. Skinner E3082 entity
Predicate invented P632 FINISHED
Object cumulative recorder
A cumulative recorder is a device used in behavioral psychology to automatically graph an organism’s responses over time, producing a continuous record of response rates.
 E21047 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: cumulative recorder | Statement: [B. F. Skinner, invented, cumulative recorder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: cumulative recorder
Context triple: [B. F. Skinner, invented, cumulative recorder]
  • A. Syncopy
    Syncopy is a British film production company founded by director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas, known for backing many of Nolan’s major films.
  • B. Vernier
    Vernier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in southwestern Switzerland, forming part of the Geneva metropolitan area.
  • C. ADC
    ADC is a former U.S. federal assistance program that provided financial support to low-income families with dependent children.
  • D. Audion
    Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
  • E. B Reactor
    B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
  • 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: cumulative recorder
Triple: [B. F. Skinner, invented, cumulative recorder]
Generated description
A cumulative recorder is a device used in behavioral psychology to automatically graph an organism’s responses over time, producing a continuous record of response rates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: cumulative recorder
Target entity description: A cumulative recorder is a device used in behavioral psychology to automatically graph an organism’s responses over time, producing a continuous record of response rates.
  • A. Syncopy
    Syncopy is a British film production company founded by director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas, known for backing many of Nolan’s major films.
  • B. Vernier
    Vernier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in southwestern Switzerland, forming part of the Geneva metropolitan area.
  • C. ADC
    ADC is a former U.S. federal assistance program that provided financial support to low-income families with dependent children.
  • D. Audion
    Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
  • E. B Reactor
    B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
  • 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258b6f4f88190b1264bbbeb19a29e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2e0f8bf748190b2752f250a63d8e3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2e16a3c088190a7ed30c60da89e6e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e2a9c8608190a65a4a3b80cd6970 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.