Triple

T2720228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Kennedy Laurie Dickson E60063 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object American Mutoscope Company
The American Mutoscope Company was an early motion picture production and exhibition company that played a pioneering role in the development of the film industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E299850 NE FINISHED

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: American Mutoscope Company | Statement: [William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, founded, American Mutoscope Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Mutoscope Company
Context triple: [William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, founded, American Mutoscope Company]
  • A. Selig Polyscope Company
    Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
  • B. Edison Phonograph Company
    The Edison Phonograph Company was an early American firm founded by Thomas Edison to produce and market his pioneering phonograph sound-recording and playback devices.
  • C. Vitagraph Company of America
    Vitagraph Company of America was a pioneering early American film studio and production company that played a major role in the development of the silent film era.
  • D. Edison Studios
    Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Columbia Graphophone Company
    Columbia Graphophone Company was an early 20th-century British record label and gramophone manufacturer that played a key role in the development of the modern recording industry.
  • 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: American Mutoscope Company
Triple: [William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, founded, American Mutoscope Company]
Generated description
The American Mutoscope Company was an early motion picture production and exhibition company that played a pioneering role in the development of the film industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Mutoscope Company
Target entity description: The American Mutoscope Company was an early motion picture production and exhibition company that played a pioneering role in the development of the film industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Selig Polyscope Company
    Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
  • B. Edison Phonograph Company
    The Edison Phonograph Company was an early American firm founded by Thomas Edison to produce and market his pioneering phonograph sound-recording and playback devices.
  • C. Vitagraph Company of America
    Vitagraph Company of America was a pioneering early American film studio and production company that played a major role in the development of the silent film era.
  • D. Edison Studios
    Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Columbia Graphophone Company
    Columbia Graphophone Company was an early 20th-century British record label and gramophone manufacturer that played a key role in the development of the modern recording industry.
  • 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_69ab4b746d248190958e052045c09255 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdab06d388190acf690787fe58ab5 completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc63dfd4c819093599e6e1f55e9f8 completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc7adb7148190892efb065f0e8006 completed March 10, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc853c6f0819080e7982407cce589 completed March 10, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.