Triple
T3504107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sheldon Roberts |
E74034
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory |
E16246
|
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: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory | Statement: [Sheldon Roberts, employer, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory Context triple: [Sheldon Roberts, employer, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]
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A.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
chosen
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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B.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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C.
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems was a division of Rockwell International that designed and manufactured semiconductor components, particularly known for its communications and modem chipsets in the 1990s.
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D.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
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E.
Signetics
Signetics was an early integrated circuit and semiconductor manufacturer that became known for pioneering memory and logic chips before being acquired by Philips.
- 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbbf22b1c8190956141d8fb924210 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373de0a34819096701e24409a08bb |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.