Triple
T1952876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edison Electric Light Company |
E42197
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedPatentPortfolioOf |
P33481
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Edison |
E1785
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Thomas Edison | Statement: [Edison Electric Light Company, usedPatentPortfolioOf, Thomas Edison]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Edison Context triple: [Edison Electric Light Company, usedPatentPortfolioOf, Thomas Edison]
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A.
Thomas Alva Edison
chosen
Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
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B.
Edison
Edison is a large, diverse township in central New Jersey known for its suburban communities, major transportation links, and historical association with inventor Thomas Edison.
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C.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a pioneering Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer best known for his contributions to alternating current (AC) power systems and numerous innovations in electromagnetism.
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D.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedPatentPortfolioOf Context triple: [Edison Electric Light Company, usedPatentPortfolioOf, Thomas Edison]
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A.
hasPatentPortfolioIn
Indicates that an entity holds or manages one or more patents within a specified jurisdiction, region, or technical domain.
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B.
numberOfPatents
Indicates the count of patents associated with a given entity.
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C.
patentIn
Indicates that one entity holds or is associated with a patent located, filed, or registered in a particular jurisdiction, organization, or context represented by the other entity.
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D.
typeOfPatentsGranted
Indicates the specific categories or kinds of patents that have been officially granted to an entity.
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E.
patent
Indicates that a legal protection has been granted to an entity for an invention, giving it exclusive rights to make, use, or sell that invention.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3501d108190bc5cb23f53db4411 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae3044b25c81908a7ebbc6e62a8053 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abaff3eda88190b643994cb4dfb8df |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69abb1ddccbc8190bf2bd8bac673c0c5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.