Triple
T19661369
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Televisor mechanical television system |
E472088
|
entity |
| Predicate | scanningMethod |
P121090
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nipkow disk |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Nipkow disk | Statement: [Televisor mechanical television system, scanningMethod, Nipkow disk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nipkow disk Context triple: [Televisor mechanical television system, scanningMethod, Nipkow disk]
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A.
Baird television camera
The Baird television camera was an early mechanical television imaging device developed by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird, used to capture moving images for some of the first experimental TV broadcasts.
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B.
Televisor mechanical television system
The Televisor mechanical television system was an early experimental television device developed by John Logie Baird that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit low-resolution moving images.
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C.
Baker–Nunn camera
The Baker–Nunn camera is a specialized wide-field tracking telescope system developed in the mid-20th century for highly accurate photographic observation of artificial Earth satellites.
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D.
Kinetograph
The Kinetograph was an early motion picture camera developed in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson to record films for viewing in the Kinetoscope.
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E.
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
- 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: Nipkow disk Target entity description: The Nipkow disk is an early mechanical scanning device that enabled the first practical television systems by converting images into sequential electrical signals.
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A.
Baird television camera
The Baird television camera was an early mechanical television imaging device developed by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird, used to capture moving images for some of the first experimental TV broadcasts.
-
B.
Televisor mechanical television system
chosen
The Televisor mechanical television system was an early experimental television device developed by John Logie Baird that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit low-resolution moving images.
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C.
Baker–Nunn camera
The Baker–Nunn camera is a specialized wide-field tracking telescope system developed in the mid-20th century for highly accurate photographic observation of artificial Earth satellites.
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D.
Kinetograph
The Kinetograph was an early motion picture camera developed in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson to record films for viewing in the Kinetoscope.
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E.
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: scanningMethod Context triple: [Televisor mechanical television system, scanningMethod, Nipkow disk]
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A.
usesScanningMethod
chosen
Indicates that an entity performs or carries out an action by employing a specific scanning method.
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B.
scanType
Indicates the specific kind or category of scanning operation performed or required in a given context.
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C.
scans
Indicates performing a systematic examination or inspection of something, often using a device or method to detect, read, or analyze its contents or structure.
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D.
scanningLaw
Indicates that an entity is subject to, governed by, or defined through a legal rule or regulation concerning scanning activities or processes.
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E.
scanDirection
Indicates the direction or orientation in which a scanning action is performed or data is acquired.
- F. None of above.
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_69d8e51395348190ac1416d46dfc6db0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6414a667c81909aad04a737773c7e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e514e941008190898d978d7bde91e4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.