Triple

T359897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edison cylinder phonograph E7825 entity
Predicate firstDemonstratedBy P1588 FINISHED
Object Thomas Alva Edison E1785 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Alva Edison | Statement: [Edison cylinder phonograph, firstDemonstratedBy, Thomas Alva Edison]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Alva Edison
Context triple: [Edison cylinder phonograph, firstDemonstratedBy, Thomas Alva Edison]
  • A. Thomas Alva Edison chosen
    Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
  • B. George Westinghouse
    George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
  • C. Nikola Tesla
    Nikola Tesla was a pioneering Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer best known for his contributions to alternating current (AC) power systems and numerous innovations in electromagnetism.
  • D. Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf best known for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.
  • E. Alexander Melville Bell
    Alexander Melville Bell was a 19th-century British-Canadian phonetician and educator best known for his work on visible speech and as the father of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstDemonstratedBy
Context triple: [Edison cylinder phonograph, firstDemonstratedBy, Thomas Alva Edison]
  • A. firstDemonstrated chosen
    Indicates that one entity was the earliest to show, prove, or exemplify a particular concept, method, or capability in relation to another entity or context.
  • B. firstAnnouncedBy
    Indicates that one entity is the original source or originator that publicly disclosed, reported, or made known another entity or item for the first time.
  • C. firstAppeared
    Indicates the earliest known time or context in which an entity was introduced, observed, or came into existence.
  • D. firstFlight
    Indicates that the associated event or record corresponds to the earliest or initial flight taken or performed by the referenced entity.
  • E. firstDeployedFor
    Indicates that an entity was initially deployed or put into operational use specifically for another entity (such as a project, mission, or organization).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebccb8d88190a31f7c443a0c8566 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fe8f7af481908942ab7872a45ab3 completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e95aeed48190b5e48865cc964938 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.