Triple

T14758915
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Sumner Tainter E346803 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object graphophone
The graphophone was an early sound-recording and playback device that improved upon Thomas Edison’s phonograph by using wax-coated cylinders and a floating stylus for clearer, more durable recordings.
E7825 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: graphophone | Statement: [Charles Sumner Tainter, notableWork, graphophone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: graphophone
Context triple: [Charles Sumner Tainter, notableWork, graphophone]
  • A. Berliner gramophone
    The Berliner gramophone was an early sound playback device that popularized the use of flat discs instead of cylinders, laying the foundation for the modern record player.
  • B. Edison cylinder phonograph
    The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
  • C. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • D. Tape Deck
    "Tape Deck" is a song by Jack Johnson from his album "From Here to Now to You," reflecting his signature laid-back acoustic style.
  • E. ondes Martenot
    The ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument known for its eerie, wavering tones and expressive keyboard-and-ring performance technique, famously used in classical and experimental music.
  • 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: graphophone
Triple: [Charles Sumner Tainter, notableWork, graphophone]
Generated description
The graphophone was an early sound-recording and playback device that improved upon Thomas Edison’s phonograph by using wax-coated cylinders and a floating stylus for clearer, more durable recordings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: graphophone
Target entity description: The graphophone was an early sound-recording and playback device that improved upon Thomas Edison’s phonograph by using wax-coated cylinders and a floating stylus for clearer, more durable recordings.
  • A. Berliner gramophone
    The Berliner gramophone was an early sound playback device that popularized the use of flat discs instead of cylinders, laying the foundation for the modern record player.
  • B. Edison cylinder phonograph chosen
    The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
  • C. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • D. Tape Deck
    "Tape Deck" is a song by Jack Johnson from his album "From Here to Now to You," reflecting his signature laid-back acoustic style.
  • E. ondes Martenot
    The ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument known for its eerie, wavering tones and expressive keyboard-and-ring performance technique, famously used in classical and experimental music.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d822e8896c819091169882f9b20486 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec7f0f5a48190af008352c26574d7 completed April 14, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe0cefb7c08190bf69b15165f046d0 completed May 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe1a0e2820819092abfc2795ba4851 completed May 8, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe1a89d4d08190a2be8b4b0bc5a472 completed May 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 a.m.