Triple

T5437382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject International Computers and Tabulators E122042 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object British Tabulating Machine Company
The British Tabulating Machine Company was a pioneering British firm in data processing and tabulating equipment that later became part of the lineage leading to major UK computer manufacturers.
E122042 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: British Tabulating Machine Company | Statement: [International Computers and Tabulators, predecessor, British Tabulating Machine Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Tabulating Machine Company
Context triple: [International Computers and Tabulators, predecessor, British Tabulating Machine Company]
  • A. 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.
  • B. International Computers and Tabulators
    International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
  • 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. Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
    Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: British Tabulating Machine Company
Triple: [International Computers and Tabulators, predecessor, British Tabulating Machine Company]
Generated description
The British Tabulating Machine Company was a pioneering British firm in data processing and tabulating equipment that later became part of the lineage leading to major UK computer manufacturers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Tabulating Machine Company
Target entity description: The British Tabulating Machine Company was a pioneering British firm in data processing and tabulating equipment that later became part of the lineage leading to major UK computer manufacturers.
  • A. 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.
  • B. International Computers and Tabulators chosen
    International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
  • 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. Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
    Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69bd46400768819092925d461c0b8432 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd91bce47c8190b9fd23444e636cdd completed March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3ad3a3d88190bacde12f515d9971 completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3ba6784081908b19717290b7ba3d completed March 22, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3c1ad4d8819093aeb94f62eb1086 completed March 22, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:07 p.m.