Triple

T22494916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future E556111 entity
Predicate portrays P264 FINISHED
Object Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms 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: Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms | Statement: [If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future, portrays, Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms
Context triple: [If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future, portrays, Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms]
  • A. Manhattan Project legacy in computing
    Manhattan Project legacy in computing refers to the profound influence that the wartime nuclear program’s organizational models, technologies, and funding structures had on the emergence and evolution of modern digital computing and large-scale information systems.
  • B. Xerox PARC
    Xerox PARC is a pioneering research center renowned for developing foundational technologies of modern computing, including the graphical user interface, laser printing, and Ethernet networking.
  • C. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • D. The Home Computer Revolution
    The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
  • E. If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
    "If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future" is a historical nonfiction book by Jill Lepore that examines an early data analytics company and its pioneering—and troubling—role in the development of political prediction, targeted advertising, and surveillance capitalism.
  • 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: Simulmatics Corporation as a precursor to modern tech firms
Target entity description: Simulmatics Corporation was an early data analytics and behavioral prediction company whose pioneering use of computer modeling in politics and marketing foreshadowed the practices of today’s major tech and data firms.
  • A. Manhattan Project legacy in computing
    Manhattan Project legacy in computing refers to the profound influence that the wartime nuclear program’s organizational models, technologies, and funding structures had on the emergence and evolution of modern digital computing and large-scale information systems.
  • B. Xerox PARC
    Xerox PARC is a pioneering research center renowned for developing foundational technologies of modern computing, including the graphical user interface, laser printing, and Ethernet networking.
  • C. Xerox PARC technical reports
    Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
  • D. The Home Computer Revolution
    The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
  • E. If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future chosen
    "If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future" is a historical nonfiction book by Jill Lepore that examines an early data analytics company and its pioneering—and troubling—role in the development of political prediction, targeted advertising, and surveillance capitalism.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e11e5445bc8190b6a9481926db3355 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15cb19bac81909bbc2f131186aeea completed April 29, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:49 p.m.