Triple

T2676722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ivan Sutherland E56477 entity
Predicate thesisTitle P1860 FINISHED
Object Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System E288380 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: Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System | Statement: [Ivan Sutherland, thesisTitle, Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System
Context triple: [Ivan Sutherland, thesisTitle, Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System]
  • A. Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System chosen
    "Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System" is a pioneering early computer graphics program that introduced interactive, graphical user interfaces and object-oriented concepts to computer-aided design.
  • B. Sketchpad system
    The Sketchpad system is a pioneering computer graphics program created by Ivan Sutherland that introduced interactive, graphical user interfaces and laid the foundation for modern CAD and object-oriented graphics.
  • C. Xerox Alto user interface
    The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.
  • D. Man-Computer Symbiosis
    Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
  • E. Xerox Star system
    The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
  • 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_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9b4a70481909d8b8242039c1cf2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf54711881909936ecf850ff6e2e completed March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.