Triple

T21627379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rick Dickinson E533737 entity
Predicate workedOn P3 FINISHED
Object Sinclair ZX Microdrive
The Sinclair ZX Microdrive was a compact, high-speed tape-based storage system introduced in the early 1980s for Sinclair home computers as a cheaper, faster alternative to floppy disks.
E1494109 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: Sinclair ZX Microdrive | Statement: [Rick Dickinson, workedOn, Sinclair ZX Microdrive]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair ZX Microdrive
Context triple: [Rick Dickinson, workedOn, Sinclair ZX Microdrive]
  • A. Masterdisk
    Masterdisk is a renowned New York City audio mastering studio known for working on numerous major-label and high-profile music releases.
  • B. Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive
    The Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive is a 5.25-inch disk storage device with its own built-in processor, widely used with the Commodore 64 home computer for loading, saving, and managing software and data.
  • C. Commodore 1530 Datasette
    The Commodore 1530 Datasette is a dedicated cassette tape drive used primarily with early Commodore home computers to load and save programs and data in a low-cost, tape-based format.
  • D. Sony 3.5-inch floppy drive
    The Sony 3.5-inch floppy drive is a compact, durable floppy disk format that became the industry standard for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Dragon 32
    Dragon 32 is a home computer from the early 1980s, based on the Motorola 6809 processor and popular in the UK for gaming and hobbyist programming.
  • 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: Sinclair ZX Microdrive
Triple: [Rick Dickinson, workedOn, Sinclair ZX Microdrive]
Generated description
The Sinclair ZX Microdrive was a compact, high-speed tape-based storage system introduced in the early 1980s for Sinclair home computers as a cheaper, faster alternative to floppy disks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair ZX Microdrive
Target entity description: The Sinclair ZX Microdrive was a compact, high-speed tape-based storage system introduced in the early 1980s for Sinclair home computers as a cheaper, faster alternative to floppy disks.
  • A. Masterdisk
    Masterdisk is a renowned New York City audio mastering studio known for working on numerous major-label and high-profile music releases.
  • B. Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive
    The Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive is a 5.25-inch disk storage device with its own built-in processor, widely used with the Commodore 64 home computer for loading, saving, and managing software and data.
  • C. Commodore 1530 Datasette
    The Commodore 1530 Datasette is a dedicated cassette tape drive used primarily with early Commodore home computers to load and save programs and data in a low-cost, tape-based format.
  • D. Sony 3.5-inch floppy drive
    The Sony 3.5-inch floppy drive is a compact, durable floppy disk format that became the industry standard for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Dragon 32
    Dragon 32 is a home computer from the early 1980s, based on the Motorola 6809 processor and popular in the UK for gaming and hobbyist programming.
  • 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_69e0c464fba881908d0ff2ac80511ce1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef52141e1c8190a861f4bc7cfcb490 completed April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f9531b08190bbddca01060f20ae completed May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a108bf4608190af587dd34077f2ad completed May 17, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a110507d48190ad75223311ce159e completed May 17, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:34 p.m.