Triple

T7160235
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carver A. Mead E166923 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object silicon retina
A silicon retina is a neuromorphic electronic device that mimics the information-processing functions of the biological retina using analog VLSI circuits.
E645810 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: silicon retina | Statement: [Carver A. Mead, notableWork, silicon retina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: silicon retina
Context triple: [Carver A. Mead, notableWork, silicon retina]
  • A. Neuralink
    Neuralink is a neurotechnology company developing implantable brain–computer interfaces aimed at enabling direct communication between the human brain and computers.
  • B. SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program
    The SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program is a DARPA initiative to develop brain-inspired electronic systems that emulate neural architectures for highly efficient, scalable cognitive computing.
  • C. Heptares Therapeutics
    Heptares Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using its proprietary structure-based drug design technologies.
  • D. Curzon Artificial Eye
    Curzon Artificial Eye is a British film distribution company known for releasing independent, arthouse, and world cinema titles in the UK.
  • E. Retina
    Retina is Apple’s high-resolution display technology designed to make individual pixels indistinguishable at normal viewing distances for sharper, more detailed images and text.
  • 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: silicon retina
Triple: [Carver A. Mead, notableWork, silicon retina]
Generated description
A silicon retina is a neuromorphic electronic device that mimics the information-processing functions of the biological retina using analog VLSI circuits.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: silicon retina
Target entity description: A silicon retina is a neuromorphic electronic device that mimics the information-processing functions of the biological retina using analog VLSI circuits.
  • A. Neuralink
    Neuralink is a neurotechnology company developing implantable brain–computer interfaces aimed at enabling direct communication between the human brain and computers.
  • B. SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program
    The SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program is a DARPA initiative to develop brain-inspired electronic systems that emulate neural architectures for highly efficient, scalable cognitive computing.
  • C. Heptares Therapeutics
    Heptares Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using its proprietary structure-based drug design technologies.
  • D. Curzon Artificial Eye
    Curzon Artificial Eye is a British film distribution company known for releasing independent, arthouse, and world cinema titles in the UK.
  • E. Retina
    Retina is Apple’s high-resolution display technology designed to make individual pixels indistinguishable at normal viewing distances for sharper, more detailed images and text.
  • 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_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e811d6b081909dafeee1d820c74f completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7adc08b688190a00024727542c8b9 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae661f4481908ee489023af9603b completed March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7aef767848190b7edf7a99e2e019d completed March 28, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.