Triple
T3187312
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Morse |
E66728
|
entity |
| Predicate | collaboratedWith |
P435
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Vail
Alfred Vail was an American inventor and machinist who played a crucial role in developing and improving the electric telegraph and Morse code alongside Samuel Morse.
|
E339284
|
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: Alfred Vail | Statement: [Samuel Morse, collaboratedWith, Alfred Vail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Vail Context triple: [Samuel Morse, collaboratedWith, Alfred Vail]
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A.
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse was an American inventor and painter best known for co-developing the Morse code and contributing to the invention of the single-wire telegraph system.
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B.
John W. Draper
John W. Draper was a 19th-century American scientist, philosopher, and historian known for his pioneering work in photochemistry and early contributions to scientific institutions.
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C.
Henry G. Morse
Henry G. Morse was an American industrialist and shipbuilder best known as the founder of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, once one of the largest and most advanced shipyards in the United States.
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D.
Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray was a 19th-century American electrical engineer and inventor, best known as a pioneer in telegraphy and early telephone technology.
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E.
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.
- 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: Alfred Vail Triple: [Samuel Morse, collaboratedWith, Alfred Vail]
Generated description
Alfred Vail was an American inventor and machinist who played a crucial role in developing and improving the electric telegraph and Morse code alongside Samuel Morse.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Vail Target entity description: Alfred Vail was an American inventor and machinist who played a crucial role in developing and improving the electric telegraph and Morse code alongside Samuel Morse.
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A.
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse was an American inventor and painter best known for co-developing the Morse code and contributing to the invention of the single-wire telegraph system.
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B.
John W. Draper
John W. Draper was a 19th-century American scientist, philosopher, and historian known for his pioneering work in photochemistry and early contributions to scientific institutions.
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C.
Henry G. Morse
Henry G. Morse was an American industrialist and shipbuilder best known as the founder of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, once one of the largest and most advanced shipyards in the United States.
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D.
Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray was a 19th-century American electrical engineer and inventor, best known as a pioneer in telegraphy and early telephone technology.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69ad8587c1bc8190a2595f2c22ee1001 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada6e279288190843837751e852c9e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b276fbb7c481909097f5af619e45f4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b27844c6708190ac61f00a74a2ef27 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b27911ff1481908a36f279a871c510 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.