Triple

T18591573
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject English Electric Leo Marconi E454379 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object English Electric computing division
English Electric computing division was the early computer development arm of the British company English Electric, responsible for some of the UK's first commercial computing efforts before later mergers and rebrandings.
E1332108 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: English Electric computing division | Statement: [English Electric Leo Marconi, precededBy, English Electric computing division]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Electric computing division
Context triple: [English Electric Leo Marconi, precededBy, English Electric computing division]
  • A. Ferranti
    Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
  • B. International Computers Limited
    International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Ferranti Mark I computer
    The Ferranti Mark I computer was one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers, developed in the early 1950s from the Manchester Mark I design.
  • E. Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
    Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation was an early American computer company founded by ENIAC creators J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly that played a pioneering role in the development of commercial electronic computers.
  • 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: English Electric computing division
Triple: [English Electric Leo Marconi, precededBy, English Electric computing division]
Generated description
English Electric computing division was the early computer development arm of the British company English Electric, responsible for some of the UK's first commercial computing efforts before later mergers and rebrandings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Electric computing division
Target entity description: English Electric computing division was the early computer development arm of the British company English Electric, responsible for some of the UK's first commercial computing efforts before later mergers and rebrandings.
  • A. Ferranti
    Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
  • B. International Computers Limited
    International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Ferranti Mark I computer
    The Ferranti Mark I computer was one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers, developed in the early 1950s from the Manchester Mark I design.
  • E. Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
    Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation was an early American computer company founded by ENIAC creators J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly that played a pioneering role in the development of commercial electronic computers.
  • 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e545b6792481908eae92718aa4c889 completed April 19, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04f898b59481909aa72291b24a4cd0 completed May 13, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04fc705b3481908bea3e5f6ce33f1e completed May 13, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04fcc66ddc819094d427390e7c3774 completed May 13, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m.