Triple
T14692878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bell Telephone controversy |
E345077
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantPerson |
P643
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Elisha Gray |
E69110
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Elisha Gray | Statement: [Bell Telephone controversy, significantPerson, Elisha Gray]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elisha Gray Context triple: [Bell Telephone controversy, significantPerson, Elisha Gray]
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A.
Elisha Gray
chosen
Elisha Gray was a 19th-century American electrical engineer and inventor, best known as a pioneer in telegraphy and early telephone technology.
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B.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf best known for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.
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C.
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell was a 19th-century British-Canadian phonetician and educator best known for his work on visible speech and as the father of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
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D.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
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E.
Robert W. de Forest
Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb586e7108190be644db9cf9a4d99 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdf08274ac8190b5ba0752d36a690b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.