Triple
T8535482
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1890 United States Census |
E202066
|
entity |
| Predicate | uses |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hollerith electric tabulating system |
E5663
|
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: Hollerith electric tabulating system | Statement: [1890 United States Census, uses, Hollerith electric tabulating system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hollerith electric tabulating system Context triple: [1890 United States Census, uses, Hollerith electric tabulating system]
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A.
International Computers and Tabulators
International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
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B.
Harvard Mark I computer
The Harvard Mark I computer was an early electromechanical, general-purpose computer built during World War II that pioneered the separation of data and instruction storage later known as the Harvard architecture.
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C.
Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine was Charles Babbage’s pioneering 19th-century design for a fully programmable mechanical computer, featuring concepts like a central processing unit and memory that anticipated modern computing.
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D.
ORDVAC
ORDVAC was an early stored-program electronic computer built for the U.S. Army that helped pioneer modern computer architecture and numerical computation.
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E.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
chosen
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
- 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_69ca832355b08190b8b6a4ab4a4a3554 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6a295c88190a432a060ee73f04e |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6d8332cc819083c86e0dc58bcc37 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:17 p.m.