Triple

T2633094
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Motion Picture Patents Company E59679 entity
Predicate controlledPatent P35397 FINISHED
Object Latham film loop patent
The Latham film loop patent is a foundational early cinema invention that introduced a slack-forming loop in motion picture projectors, enabling longer, smoother film projection without tearing.
E284179 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: Latham film loop patent | Statement: [Motion Picture Patents Company, controlledPatent, Latham film loop patent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Latham film loop patent
Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, controlledPatent, Latham film loop patent]
  • A. Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
    The Patent Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries for limited times in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts.
  • B. Motion Picture Patents Company
    The Motion Picture Patents Company was an early 20th-century film industry trust that sought to control movie production, distribution, and exhibition in the United States through pooled patents and licensing.
  • C. A Loop
    A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
  • D. The Danger of Software Patents
    "The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
  • E. Loopt
    Loopt was an early location-based social networking mobile app startup that allowed users to share their real-time location with friends.
  • 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: Latham film loop patent
Triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, controlledPatent, Latham film loop patent]
Generated description
The Latham film loop patent is a foundational early cinema invention that introduced a slack-forming loop in motion picture projectors, enabling longer, smoother film projection without tearing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Latham film loop patent
Target entity description: The Latham film loop patent is a foundational early cinema invention that introduced a slack-forming loop in motion picture projectors, enabling longer, smoother film projection without tearing.
  • A. Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
    The Patent Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries for limited times in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts.
  • B. Motion Picture Patents Company
    The Motion Picture Patents Company was an early 20th-century film industry trust that sought to control movie production, distribution, and exhibition in the United States through pooled patents and licensing.
  • C. A Loop
    A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
  • D. The Danger of Software Patents
    "The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
  • E. Loopt
    Loopt was an early location-based social networking mobile app startup that allowed users to share their real-time location with friends.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: controlledPatent
Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, controlledPatent, Latham film loop patent]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. controlled
    Indicates that one entity has power, authority, or influence to direct, regulate, or determine the behavior, actions, or state of another entity.
  • D. ownsIntellectualProperty chosen
    Indicates that one entity holds legal ownership rights over the intellectual property created, produced, or associated with another entity.
  • E. usedPatentPortfolioOf
    Indicates that one entity made use of another entity’s patent portfolio, typically for development, production, licensing, or strategic purposes.
  • 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_69ab4ac8596c8190b34997e73d9e991c completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb0e7b888190bfa5d2e33f00ec0f completed March 7, 2026, 8 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af90a996188190b3a83a31e69d09ef completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af9172ba248190bbc68a00b43d9b44 completed March 10, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9253953c8190a8e18c92d66263cc completed March 10, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd810d7f481908e81c305772c4c14 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.