Triple

T2730006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitascope E60288 entity
Predicate hasInventor P632 FINISHED
Object Thomas Armat
Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
E303906 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: Thomas Armat | Statement: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Thomas Armat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Armat
Context triple: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Thomas Armat]
  • A. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
    William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a pioneering Scottish inventor and early motion picture engineer who worked with Thomas Edison to develop some of the first practical film cameras and viewing devices.
  • B. Edwin S. Porter
    Edwin S. Porter was an early American film pioneer and director best known for his groundbreaking 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery."
  • C. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • D. Georges Méliès
    Georges Méliès was a pioneering French filmmaker and illusionist, best known for his innovative special effects and early narrative films such as "A Trip to the Moon."
  • E. Gaston Méliès
    Gaston Méliès was a French film producer and director, brother of cinema pioneer Georges Méliès, who played an important role in early American and international filmmaking.
  • 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: Thomas Armat
Triple: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Thomas Armat]
Generated description
Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Armat
Target entity description: Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
  • A. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
    William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a pioneering Scottish inventor and early motion picture engineer who worked with Thomas Edison to develop some of the first practical film cameras and viewing devices.
  • B. Edwin S. Porter
    Edwin S. Porter was an early American film pioneer and director best known for his groundbreaking 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery."
  • C. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • D. Georges Méliès
    Georges Méliès was a pioneering French filmmaker and illusionist, best known for his innovative special effects and early narrative films such as "A Trip to the Moon."
  • E. Gaston Méliès
    Gaston Méliès was a French film producer and director, brother of cinema pioneer Georges Méliès, who played an important role in early American and international filmmaking.
  • 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdaeca6208190a586afb00747146a completed March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe8920e64819099074f019020bb59 completed March 10, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afe92b8c4c8190a91c1e8564f412ad completed March 10, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b008cbabc4819090cc20cf990d16e6 completed March 10, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.