Triple
T2978859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Burroughs Corporation |
E80461
|
entity |
| Predicate | competitor |
P1375
|
FINISHED |
| Object | UNIVAC |
E291729
|
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: UNIVAC | Statement: [Burroughs Corporation, competitor, UNIVAC]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNIVAC Context triple: [Burroughs Corporation, competitor, UNIVAC]
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A.
UNIVAC I
chosen
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation was an early American computer company founded by ENIAC creators J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly that played a pioneering role in the development of commercial electronic 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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad999cca40819082e2d6d10bdb7872 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b108ef607c8190865b079beb1b6da5 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.