Triple

T7396634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Microchip Technology E170636 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object Atmel
Atmel was a semiconductor company best known for its microcontrollers and integrated circuits widely used in embedded systems and consumer electronics.
E661238 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: Atmel | Statement: [Microchip Technology, acquired, Atmel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atmel
Context triple: [Microchip Technology, acquired, Atmel]
  • A. Microchip Technology
    Microchip Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for its microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits used in a wide range of embedded control applications.
  • B. Infineon Technologies
    Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
  • C. Freescale Semiconductor
    Freescale Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, formerly part of Motorola, known for producing embedded processors and microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
  • D. STMicroelectronics
    STMicroelectronics is a major European semiconductor manufacturer known for producing a wide range of integrated circuits and electronic components for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
  • E. Microchip ATSAMD21
    Microchip ATSAMD21 is a low-power 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller widely used in maker and embedded applications for its integrated peripherals and ease of use.
  • 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: Atmel
Triple: [Microchip Technology, acquired, Atmel]
Generated description
Atmel was a semiconductor company best known for its microcontrollers and integrated circuits widely used in embedded systems and consumer electronics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atmel
Target entity description: Atmel was a semiconductor company best known for its microcontrollers and integrated circuits widely used in embedded systems and consumer electronics.
  • A. Microchip Technology
    Microchip Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for its microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits used in a wide range of embedded control applications.
  • B. Infineon Technologies
    Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
  • C. Freescale Semiconductor
    Freescale Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, formerly part of Motorola, known for producing embedded processors and microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
  • D. STMicroelectronics
    STMicroelectronics is a major European semiconductor manufacturer known for producing a wide range of integrated circuits and electronic components for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
  • E. Microchip ATSAMD21
    Microchip ATSAMD21 is a low-power 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller widely used in maker and embedded applications for its integrated peripherals and ease of use.
  • 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_69c68a5f04188190ac266569c9280347 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f248f79c819094b1d1e2c3d511d1 completed March 27, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c81101dd448190bcf221f7625c9d34 completed March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c811b681b48190a5161871f1f400f9 completed March 28, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8122513d88190ab12f649e8d0d59b completed March 28, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.