Triple
T1140671
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Birth of a Nation |
E23441
|
entity |
| Predicate | distributor |
P1951
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David W. Griffith Corp.
David W. Griffith Corp. was a film production and distribution company founded by pioneering American director D. W. Griffith to release his own motion pictures.
|
E129636
|
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: David W. Griffith Corp. | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, distributor, David W. Griffith Corp.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Griffith Corp. Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, distributor, David W. Griffith Corp.]
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A.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
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B.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
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C.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Graham-Newman Corporation
Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
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E.
Selig Polyscope Company
Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
- 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: David W. Griffith Corp. Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, distributor, David W. Griffith Corp.]
Generated description
David W. Griffith Corp. was a film production and distribution company founded by pioneering American director D. W. Griffith to release his own motion pictures.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Griffith Corp. Target entity description: David W. Griffith Corp. was a film production and distribution company founded by pioneering American director D. W. Griffith to release his own motion pictures.
-
A.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
-
B.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Graham-Newman Corporation
Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
-
E.
Selig Polyscope Company
Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
- 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc290ae08190afbf7e7ea2100d9e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac59b020d48190bc6ecbdb720c6779 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5a7599048190a46b0d560270ffa4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5af24a948190a37c832508149a48 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.