Triple

T15978131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Fessenden E387503 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Lawrence Fessenden
Lawrence Fessenden is an American filmmaker, actor, and producer best known for his work in independent horror cinema and for founding the production company Glass Eye Pix.
E1188700 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: Lawrence Fessenden | Statement: [Larry Fessenden, birthName, Lawrence Fessenden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Fessenden
Context triple: [Larry Fessenden, birthName, Lawrence Fessenden]
  • A. Isaac De Forest
    Isaac De Forest was an early Dutch settler in New Amsterdam (later New York) whose descendants became part of the prominent DeForest family in American history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
    Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.
  • D. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • E. Thomas Armat
    Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
  • 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: Lawrence Fessenden
Triple: [Larry Fessenden, birthName, Lawrence Fessenden]
Generated description
Lawrence Fessenden is an American filmmaker, actor, and producer best known for his work in independent horror cinema and for founding the production company Glass Eye Pix.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Fessenden
Target entity description: Lawrence Fessenden is an American filmmaker, actor, and producer best known for his work in independent horror cinema and for founding the production company Glass Eye Pix.
  • A. Isaac De Forest
    Isaac De Forest was an early Dutch settler in New Amsterdam (later New York) whose descendants became part of the prominent DeForest family in American history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
    Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.
  • D. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • E. Thomas Armat
    Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
  • 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_69d86da94ccc819083d187f5dc6a123e completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e157521f6c8190a54023b5ee6fc033 completed April 16, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffc3c9567c8190af87c3fcf8a4af15 completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffc7fb8f308190b649a64c344884b0 completed May 9, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc83b4c648190bce41afbd6547fc1 completed May 9, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.