Triple
T8520884
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gordon Bell |
E201689
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedOn |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | VAX-11/780 |
E183315
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: VAX-11/780 | Statement: [Gordon Bell, workedOn, VAX-11/780]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VAX-11/780 Context triple: [Gordon Bell, workedOn, VAX-11/780]
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A.
VAX
chosen
VAX is a line of 32-bit minicomputers and their associated architecture developed by Digital Equipment Corporation, widely used in the late 20th century for time-sharing and scientific computing.
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B.
MicroVAX
MicroVAX is a family of smaller, lower-cost minicomputers in Digital Equipment Corporation’s VAX line, designed to bring VAX architecture to departmental and office environments.
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C.
DECsystem-10
The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
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D.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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E.
CII Honeywell Bull
CII Honeywell Bull was a French computer company formed through a partnership involving Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique (CII) and Honeywell Bull, known for developing mainframe and minicomputer systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe628f8c48190a35201f9fde605cc |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4e76dcd08190866fde75cd0ac389 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.