Triple
T1884986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Borland |
E39942
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ashton-Tate |
E171252
|
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: Ashton-Tate | Statement: [Borland, acquired, Ashton-Tate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ashton-Tate Context triple: [Borland, acquired, Ashton-Tate]
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A.
Ashton-Tate
chosen
Ashton-Tate was a prominent American software company best known for its dBASE database management system, which was a leading product in the personal computer software market during the 1980s.
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B.
Kaypro computers
Kaypro computers were a popular line of rugged, portable personal computers from the 1980s known for their metal cases and use in business and professional environments.
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C.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
- 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb11eb2d0819088d67b1cfc772049 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69addf61413081909c0e840590aaf631 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.