Triple

T272418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company E5663 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Computing Scale Company of America
Computing Scale Company of America was an early 20th-century American manufacturer of commercial weighing and computing scales that later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into IBM.
 E1102 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: Computing Scale Company of America | Statement: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, predecessor, Computing Scale Company of America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Computing Scale Company of America
Context triple: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, predecessor, Computing Scale Company of America]
  • A. NCR Corporation
    NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
  • B. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • C. Hewlett-Packard
    Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
  • D. IBM
    IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
  • E. Clinton Engineer Works
    Clinton Engineer Works was a massive World War II-era industrial complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built as part of the Manhattan Project to produce fissile material for the first atomic bombs.
  • 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: Computing Scale Company of America
Triple: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, predecessor, Computing Scale Company of America]
Generated description
Computing Scale Company of America was an early 20th-century American manufacturer of commercial weighing and computing scales that later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into IBM.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Computing Scale Company of America
Target entity description: Computing Scale Company of America was an early 20th-century American manufacturer of commercial weighing and computing scales that later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into IBM.
  • A. NCR Corporation
    NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
  • B. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • C. Hewlett-Packard
    Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
  • D. IBM chosen
    IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
  • E. Clinton Engineer Works
    Clinton Engineer Works was a massive World War II-era industrial complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built as part of the Manhattan Project to produce fissile material for the first atomic bombs.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a25853594c8190b05ec3a586ec88bf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25dcf667c8190a7b8630fe67b9a90 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38f537f1c8190a59ac4669498a3fc completed March 1, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38fbfac808190b2b551dcbfe6faff completed March 1, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3903779e88190a00c44a522e82022 completed March 1, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:57 a.m.