Triple

T4382674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ferranti E99164 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Ferranti Packard
Ferranti Packard was a Canadian subsidiary of the British electrical engineering firm Ferranti, known for its work in power systems, electronics, and early computer technology.
E99164 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: Ferranti Packard | Statement: [Ferranti, hasSubsidiary, Ferranti Packard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferranti Packard
Context triple: [Ferranti, hasSubsidiary, Ferranti Packard]
  • A. Ferranti
    Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
  • B. Remington Rand
    Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. International Computers Limited
    International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • E. Busicom
    Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
  • 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: Ferranti Packard
Triple: [Ferranti, hasSubsidiary, Ferranti Packard]
Generated description
Ferranti Packard was a Canadian subsidiary of the British electrical engineering firm Ferranti, known for its work in power systems, electronics, and early computer technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferranti Packard
Target entity description: Ferranti Packard was a Canadian subsidiary of the British electrical engineering firm Ferranti, known for its work in power systems, electronics, and early computer technology.
  • A. Ferranti chosen
    Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
  • B. Remington Rand
    Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. International Computers Limited
    International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • E. Busicom
    Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
  • 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35262649c8190a724c9835cb7ece6 completed March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b650be7ac88190a8476b956e5994ec completed March 15, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 completed March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 completed March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.