Triple
T8672948
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard Aiken |
E205843
|
entity |
| Predicate | designed |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harvard Mark IV computer
The Harvard Mark IV computer was an early fully electronic, stored-program computer built at Harvard University in the late 1940s–early 1950s as part of the Mark series of pioneering computing machines.
|
E756212
|
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: Harvard Mark IV computer | Statement: [Howard Aiken, designed, Harvard Mark IV computer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvard Mark IV computer Context triple: [Howard Aiken, designed, Harvard Mark IV computer]
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A.
Harvard Mark III computer
The Harvard Mark III computer was an early electromechanical/digital hybrid computer developed in the late 1940s that advanced stored-program concepts and military computation at Harvard University.
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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.
UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
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D.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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E.
IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
- 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: Harvard Mark IV computer Triple: [Howard Aiken, designed, Harvard Mark IV computer]
Generated description
The Harvard Mark IV computer was an early fully electronic, stored-program computer built at Harvard University in the late 1940s–early 1950s as part of the Mark series of pioneering computing machines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvard Mark IV computer Target entity description: The Harvard Mark IV computer was an early fully electronic, stored-program computer built at Harvard University in the late 1940s–early 1950s as part of the Mark series of pioneering computing machines.
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A.
Harvard Mark III computer
The Harvard Mark III computer was an early electromechanical/digital hybrid computer developed in the late 1940s that advanced stored-program concepts and military computation at Harvard University.
-
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.
-
C.
UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
-
D.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
-
E.
IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
- 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_69ca83529a9c8190b5c075b4f14636ed |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc491b807c81909563a34a947bc21a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf5157c2bc81908b86057779053e64 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf52f0886881909ceb9fbe54f84d11 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf53bc19fc81908f43c3fa29bae021 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:31 p.m.