Triple
T5247447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Julius Blank |
E118497
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
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: [Julius Blank, associatedWith, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory Context triple: [Julius Blank, associatedWith, 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.
Wilson Semiconductors
"Wilson Semiconductors" is an album by the experimental rock band The Howling Hex, known for their unconventional song structures and lo-fi aesthetic.
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E.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
- 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_69bd4468aacc8190a8196f71855cdf4f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b5320748190bcf3be4b6c364f92 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69befe68e1148190b2e3cc1f9e49dbbf |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.