Triple

T9532852
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Data General E229936 entity
Predicate subjectOf P38 FINISHED
Object The Soul of a New Machine E436513 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: The Soul of a New Machine | Statement: [Data General, subjectOf, The Soul of a New Machine]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Soul of a New Machine
Context triple: [Data General, subjectOf, The Soul of a New Machine]
  • A. The Soul of a New Machine chosen
    The Soul of a New Machine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that chronicles the intense, behind-the-scenes effort of a small engineering team racing to design a new computer in the late 1970s.
  • B. Computer Lib / Dream Machines
    Computer Lib / Dream Machines is a pioneering 1974 book by Ted Nelson that passionately advocates for personal computing, hypertext, and user empowerment in the digital age.
  • C. Business @ the Speed of Thought
    Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
  • D. Engines of Logic
    Engines of Logic is a book by mathematician and computer scientist Martin Davis that explores the historical development of mathematical logic and its foundational role in the creation of modern computers.
  • E. The Machine of the World
    The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd98b5651881908241b040f123c6a8 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d15275e4c08190a8aeb02caff052d8 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.