Triple
T18785991
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | General Electric Research Laboratory |
E459376
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William D. Coolidge |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: William D. Coolidge | Statement: [General Electric Research Laboratory, employed, William D. Coolidge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Coolidge Context triple: [General Electric Research Laboratory, employed, William D. Coolidge]
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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.
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B.
Charles F. Kettering
Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
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C.
Theodore Miller Edison
Theodore Miller Edison was an American inventor and the youngest son of Thomas Edison, known for his work in electronics and environmental conservation.
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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.
Charles Sprague Smith
Charles Sprague Smith was an American educator and social reformer best known for promoting public access to culture and the arts, including helping to establish influential institutions in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Coolidge Target entity description: William D. Coolidge was an American physicist and engineer best known for developing the modern tungsten-filament X-ray tube, which revolutionized medical and industrial radiography.
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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.
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B.
Charles F. Kettering
Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
-
C.
Theodore Miller Edison
Theodore Miller Edison was an American inventor and the youngest son of Thomas Edison, known for his work in electronics and environmental conservation.
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D.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
-
E.
Charles Sprague Smith
Charles Sprague Smith was an American educator and social reformer best known for promoting public access to culture and the arts, including helping to establish influential institutions in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8d396f54c8190ba49db31e8743842 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5978154ac819096356d2a488b45f0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:52 a.m.