Triple
T22003216
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Palm, Inc. |
E543383
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | U.S. Robotics |
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|
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: U.S. Robotics | Statement: [Palm, Inc., acquiredBy, U.S. Robotics]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Robotics Context triple: [Palm, Inc., acquiredBy, U.S. Robotics]
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A.
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation is the fictional pioneering robotics company in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known for developing positronic robots governed by the Three Laws of Robotics.
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B.
Androbot Inc.
Androbot Inc. was a robotics company created by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell to develop consumer and entertainment robots in the early 1980s.
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C.
Cybus Industries
Cybus Industries is a powerful fictional technology conglomerate in the Doctor Who universe, best known for creating an alternate-universe version of the Cybermen.
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D.
M.A.R.S. Industries
M.A.R.S. Industries is a fictional weapons manufacturing and technology corporation that serves as the primary financial and arms supplier for the Cobra organization in the G.I. Joe universe.
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E.
Rethink Robotics
Rethink Robotics was a robotics company known for developing collaborative industrial robots like Baxter and Sawyer designed to work safely alongside humans in manufacturing environments.
- 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: U.S. Robotics Target entity description: U.S. Robotics is an American technology company best known for its computer modems and networking equipment, particularly during the early days of consumer internet access.
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A.
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation is the fictional pioneering robotics company in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known for developing positronic robots governed by the Three Laws of Robotics.
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B.
Androbot Inc.
Androbot Inc. was a robotics company created by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell to develop consumer and entertainment robots in the early 1980s.
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C.
Cybus Industries
Cybus Industries is a powerful fictional technology conglomerate in the Doctor Who universe, best known for creating an alternate-universe version of the Cybermen.
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D.
M.A.R.S. Industries
M.A.R.S. Industries is a fictional weapons manufacturing and technology corporation that serves as the primary financial and arms supplier for the Cobra organization in the G.I. Joe universe.
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E.
Rethink Robotics
Rethink Robotics was a robotics company known for developing collaborative industrial robots like Baxter and Sawyer designed to work safely alongside humans in manufacturing environments.
- 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_69e11e2c814c8190837d072789000486 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1276cab5c8190ac1236fde7e0394a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.