Triple
T2532858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John W. Mauchly |
E56200
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
|
E291729
|
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: UNIVAC I | Statement: [John W. Mauchly, notableWork, UNIVAC I]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNIVAC I Context triple: [John W. Mauchly, notableWork, UNIVAC I]
-
A.
IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
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B.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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C.
PDP-1
The PDP-1 was an early 1960s minicomputer famous for its interactive computing capabilities and for running some of the first video games, including "Spacewar!".
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D.
IBM 604
The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
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E.
International Computers and Tabulators
International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
- 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: UNIVAC I Triple: [John W. Mauchly, notableWork, UNIVAC I]
Generated description
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNIVAC I Target entity description: UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
-
A.
IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
-
B.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
-
C.
PDP-1
The PDP-1 was an early 1960s minicomputer famous for its interactive computing capabilities and for running some of the first video games, including "Spacewar!".
-
D.
IBM 604
The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
-
E.
International Computers and Tabulators
International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
- 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd279cf108190b03fb6e0265f39d9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afb66a2c588190874782f4565c0b60 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb7166d788190ac219fe3c3e164fe |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb7aa131c81908cdfbda9575312f3 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.