Triple
T6431134
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Irwin M. Jacobs |
E129779
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Linkabit Corporation
Linkabit Corporation is a pioneering telecommunications and digital communications company co-founded by engineer and entrepreneur Irwin M. Jacobs, known for its influential role in advancing satellite and coding technologies.
|
E591814
|
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: Linkabit Corporation | Statement: [Irwin M. Jacobs, founded, Linkabit Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linkabit Corporation Context triple: [Irwin M. Jacobs, founded, Linkabit Corporation]
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A.
ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation is a diversified American manufacturing and engineering company historically known for its involvement in telecommunications, defense, and industrial products.
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B.
Infocom
Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
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C.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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D.
United Telecommunications
United Telecommunications was a major American telecommunications company that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what became Sprint Corporation.
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E.
Metricom
Metricom was a pioneering wireless data communications company best known for its Ricochet wireless internet service in the 1990s.
- 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: Linkabit Corporation Triple: [Irwin M. Jacobs, founded, Linkabit Corporation]
Generated description
Linkabit Corporation is a pioneering telecommunications and digital communications company co-founded by engineer and entrepreneur Irwin M. Jacobs, known for its influential role in advancing satellite and coding technologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linkabit Corporation Target entity description: Linkabit Corporation is a pioneering telecommunications and digital communications company co-founded by engineer and entrepreneur Irwin M. Jacobs, known for its influential role in advancing satellite and coding technologies.
-
A.
ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation is a diversified American manufacturing and engineering company historically known for its involvement in telecommunications, defense, and industrial products.
-
B.
Infocom
Infocom was a pioneering American software company best known for its influential text adventure games in the 1980s.
-
C.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
-
D.
United Telecommunications
United Telecommunications was a major American telecommunications company that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what became Sprint Corporation.
-
E.
Metricom
Metricom was a pioneering wireless data communications company best known for its Ricochet wireless internet service in the 1990s.
- 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_69c0084caac48190a7bc2ad8ba44536f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0693b872c819082a7d0e257018831 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c640e9ae8481909229bcf6d5e793d3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c641ff05c08190ab9526b095b038fa |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c642a344e48190bccb0f0d122fca4c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.