Triple
T15190385
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Villard |
E362989
|
entity |
| Predicate | boardMemberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edison Electric Light Company |
E42197
|
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: Edison Electric Light Company | Statement: [Henry Villard, boardMemberOf, Edison Electric Light Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison Electric Light Company Context triple: [Henry Villard, boardMemberOf, Edison Electric Light Company]
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A.
Edison Electric Light Company
chosen
Edison Electric Light Company was Thomas Edison’s pioneering firm responsible for developing and commercializing the first practical incandescent electric lighting systems in the late 19th century.
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B.
Edison Illuminating Company
Edison Illuminating Company was one of the earliest electric utility companies in the United States, established by Thomas Edison to generate and distribute electric power for lighting and other uses.
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C.
Edison General Electric Company
Edison General Electric Company was an early American industrial and electrical manufacturing firm created by inventor Thomas Edison that became a key predecessor to today’s General Electric.
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D.
Edison Machine Works
Edison Machine Works was a major manufacturing arm of Thomas Edison's electric power enterprises in the late 19th century, producing electrical equipment such as dynamos and motors.
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E.
Continental Edison Company
Continental Edison Company was an early electrical engineering firm associated with Thomas Edison that employed pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla during his early career.
- 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_69d85a09a39c81908759f23268e2d408 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0067beedc8190abc0a94c7a38f85e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fec89797ac819090fb68bb5f2fad5c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.