Triple

T18463965

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer	`E451109`	entity
Predicate	author	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	Michael Swaine	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Michael Swaine | Statement: [Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer, author, Michael Swaine]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Swaine
Context triple: [Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer, author, Michael Swaine]

A. Bret Harrison
Bret Harrison is an American actor best known for starring in the comedy-horror television series "Reaper" and appearing in shows like "Grounded for Life" and "The Loop."
B. Paul Ross
Paul Ross is a British television and radio presenter known for his work on various UK talk and game shows and for being the brother of broadcaster Jonathan Ross.
C. John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
D. Michael J. Hopkins
Michael J. Hopkins is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
E. Glenn Vernon
Glenn Vernon was an American film and stage actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Swaine
Target entity description: Michael Swaine is a technology journalist and author best known for chronicling the history of personal computing, including co-authoring the influential book "Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer."

A. Bret Harrison
Bret Harrison is an American actor best known for starring in the comedy-horror television series "Reaper" and appearing in shows like "Grounded for Life" and "The Loop."
B. Paul Ross
Paul Ross is a British television and radio presenter known for his work on various UK talk and game shows and for being the brother of broadcaster Jonathan Ross.
C. John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
D. Michael J. Hopkins
Michael J. Hopkins is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
E. Glenn Vernon
Glenn Vernon was an American film and stage actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8d38345688190b565eac2e4cd7935`	completed	April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e52a8190508190a74b1d3482364905`	completed	April 19, 2026, 7:18 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:33 a.m.