Triple

T2754185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitagraph Company of America E61060 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Larry Semon
Larry Semon was a prominent American silent film comedian, director, and actor known for his energetic slapstick shorts in the 1910s and 1920s.
E295467 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: Larry Semon | Statement: [Vitagraph Company of America, employed, Larry Semon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Semon
Context triple: [Vitagraph Company of America, employed, Larry Semon]
  • A. Noah Beery
    Noah Beery was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his robust presence in numerous Westerns and adventure films.
  • B. Victor Jory
    Victor Jory was a Canadian-born American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and frequent portrayals of villains in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
  • C. William Witney
    William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
  • D. Stuart Erwin
    Stuart Erwin was an American actor known for his work in early 20th-century film, radio, and television, often portraying affable, comedic everyman characters.
  • E. Harold Lloyd
    Harold Lloyd was a pioneering American silent film comedian and actor, best known for his daredevil stunts and iconic horn-rimmed glasses in classic films like "Safety Last!".
  • 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: Larry Semon
Triple: [Vitagraph Company of America, employed, Larry Semon]
Generated description
Larry Semon was a prominent American silent film comedian, director, and actor known for his energetic slapstick shorts in the 1910s and 1920s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Semon
Target entity description: Larry Semon was a prominent American silent film comedian, director, and actor known for his energetic slapstick shorts in the 1910s and 1920s.
  • A. Noah Beery
    Noah Beery was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his robust presence in numerous Westerns and adventure films.
  • B. Victor Jory
    Victor Jory was a Canadian-born American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and frequent portrayals of villains in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
  • C. William Witney
    William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
  • D. Stuart Erwin
    Stuart Erwin was an American actor known for his work in early 20th-century film, radio, and television, often portraying affable, comedic everyman characters.
  • E. Harold Lloyd
    Harold Lloyd was a pioneering American silent film comedian and actor, best known for his daredevil stunts and iconic horn-rimmed glasses in classic films like "Safety Last!".
  • 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_69ab4b7a85bc819094a349b84beb1f2c completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb7073d081909da84b21015972f2 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbdb43d481909bf4e61840979c0a completed March 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbc758cc48190a96f80a850316ce3 completed March 10, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd7be9088190a19bed27249e95c4 completed March 10, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.