Triple

T2352101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Tate E47469 entity
Predicate homeMediaDebut P10682 FINISHED
Object VHS
VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
E259313 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: VHS | Statement: [John Tate, homeMediaDebut, VHS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VHS
Context triple: [John Tate, homeMediaDebut, VHS]
  • A. AVS
    AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
  • B. DVD
    DVD is an optical disc format widely used from the late 1990s for distributing movies and other digital data, offering higher capacity and quality than VHS tapes but less than Blu-ray Discs.
  • C. D.V.I.
    D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • D. Celluloid
    Celluloid is a lightweight, open-source media player for Linux that provides a simple GTK-based interface for the MPV playback engine.
  • E. VHD
    VHD is a virtual hard disk file format used to store the contents of a virtual machine’s hard drive, commonly supported by Microsoft virtualization platforms.
  • 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: VHS
Triple: [John Tate, homeMediaDebut, VHS]
Generated description
VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VHS
Target entity description: VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
  • A. AVS
    AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
  • B. DVD
    DVD is an optical disc format widely used from the late 1990s for distributing movies and other digital data, offering higher capacity and quality than VHS tapes but less than Blu-ray Discs.
  • C. D.V.I.
    D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • D. Celluloid
    Celluloid is a lightweight, open-source media player for Linux that provides a simple GTK-based interface for the MPV playback engine.
  • E. VHD
    VHD is a virtual hard disk file format used to store the contents of a virtual machine’s hard drive, commonly supported by Microsoft virtualization platforms.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: homeMediaDebut
Context triple: [John Tate, homeMediaDebut, VHS]
  • A. homeMedia
    Indicates that a media item is associated with or available within a person's home environment.
  • B. screenDebut
    Indicates the event or relationship in which an entity appears on screen for the first time in a film, television, or other visual media production.
  • C. homeMediaRelease chosen
    Indicates the release of a work in home media formats (such as DVD, Blu-ray, or digital download) for consumer viewing outside theaters.
  • D. filmDebut
    Indicates the first film in which an entity (typically a person) appeared or participated, marking their initial entry into film work.
  • E. homeMediaReleaseYear
    Indicates the year in which a work was released for home media distribution (e.g., DVD, Blu-ray, digital).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abcb802da08190980100444010f91e completed March 7, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae9631c9a481909a3051ac06afdca7 completed March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae97f3e3348190824617b882a98146 completed March 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae98f57268819086c14006df46b794 completed March 9, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abc5981ce48190a3f7852d28276e11 completed March 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.