Triple
T17243040
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | ORDVAC |
E418549
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois |
E1245616
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois | Statement: [ORDVAC, developer, Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois Context triple: [ORDVAC, developer, Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois]
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A.
Digital Computer Laboratory, University of Illinois
chosen
The Digital Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois was a pioneering academic computing facility known for hosting and advancing early electronic computers and computer science research.
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B.
Harvard Computation Laboratory
The Harvard Computation Laboratory was a pioneering research center at Harvard University that developed early electromechanical and electronic computers, including the Harvard Mark I, under the direction of Howard Aiken.
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C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory was a leading World War II research center that pioneered radar and related microwave technologies, significantly advancing military and postwar electronics.
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D.
ILLIAC II
ILLIAC II was an early high-speed transistorized supercomputer developed at the University of Illinois in the 1960s, notable for its advanced pipelining and parallel processing features.
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E.
Harvard Computers program
The Harvard Computers program was a pioneering late 19th- and early 20th-century initiative that employed (mostly women) human "computers" to catalog and analyze astronomical data, leading to major advances in stellar classification and astrophysics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42e21003c81908c884a3c8712676a |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0170f388608190b709b1c228a7ba29 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.