Triple

T2038715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Digital Equipment Corporation E44692 entity
Predicate tickerSymbol P1447 FINISHED
Object DEC
DEC was the stock ticker symbol for Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering American computer company known for its influential minicomputers and contributions to the development of modern computing.
 E229931 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: DEC | Statement: [Digital Equipment Corporation, tickerSymbol, DEC]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DEC
Context triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, tickerSymbol, DEC]
  • A. DEC
    DEC is a shortened form commonly used to refer to Device Enterprise Communication.
  • B. DEC
    DEC is the New York State agency responsible for conserving, improving, and protecting the state's natural resources and environment.
  • C. De
    De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
  • D. DESE
    DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts, including standards, accountability, and school support.
  • E. DED
    DED is the commonly used abbreviation for the ASME Design Engineering Division, a professional group within ASME focused on advancing the field of mechanical design engineering.
  • 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: DEC
Triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, tickerSymbol, DEC]
Generated description
DEC was the stock ticker symbol for Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering American computer company known for its influential minicomputers and contributions to the development of modern computing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DEC
Target entity description: DEC was the stock ticker symbol for Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering American computer company known for its influential minicomputers and contributions to the development of modern computing.
  • A. DEC
    DEC is the New York State agency responsible for conserving, improving, and protecting the state's natural resources and environment.
  • B. DEC
    DEC is a shortened form commonly used to refer to Device Enterprise Communication.
  • C. De
    De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
  • D. DESE
    DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts, including standards, accountability, and school support.
  • E. DED
    DED is the commonly used abbreviation for the ASME Design Engineering Division, a professional group within ASME focused on advancing the field of mechanical design engineering.
  • 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb951870481909dbdd8fc8b0c02fe completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1ff63de081908795a95c998dd9ac completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20a6ce14819098007416d6377f2e completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2130ba448190b91f590a348ebf88 completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.