Triple

T638480
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fairchild Semiconductor E16677 entity
Predicate hasSpinOff P7226 FINISHED
Object Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
E83168 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: Xicor | Statement: [Fairchild Semiconductor, hasSpinOff, Xicor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xicor
Context triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, hasSpinOff, Xicor]
  • A. Intersil
    Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
  • B. National Semiconductor
    National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
  • C. ON Semiconductor
    ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
  • D. 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.
  • 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. 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: Xicor
Triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, hasSpinOff, Xicor]
Generated description
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xicor
Target entity description: Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
  • A. Intersil
    Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
  • B. National Semiconductor
    National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
  • C. ON Semiconductor
    ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
  • D. 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.
  • 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. chosen

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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49ee95b188190a67b12e1899bcdda completed March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c38d2ee88190b577ca56b84e851e completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c51ae0cc8190b522436337980624 completed March 2, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5ce579ca8819084a1eae104e7058b completed March 2, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.