Triple

T474462
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kinetoscope E9030 entity
Predicate coInventor P1858 FINISHED
Object 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.
E60063 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson | Statement: [Kinetoscope, coInventor, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Context triple: [Kinetoscope, coInventor, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
  • A. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • B. William C. deMille
    William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
  • C. Thomas Alva Edison
    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.
  • D. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • E. Willis H. O’Brien
    Willis H. O’Brien was a pioneering stop-motion animator and special effects artist best known for revolutionizing visual effects in early monster and adventure films.
  • 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: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Triple: [Kinetoscope, coInventor, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • B. William C. deMille
    William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
  • C. Thomas Alva Edison
    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.
  • D. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • E. Willis H. O’Brien
    Willis H. O’Brien was a pioneering stop-motion animator and special effects artist best known for revolutionizing visual effects in early monster and adventure films.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: coInventor
Context triple: [Kinetoscope, coInventor, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
  • A. coInventorWith chosen
    Indicates that two or more entities jointly invented or created the same invention.
  • B. coCreator
    Indicates that two or more entities jointly created or produced something together.
  • C. scriptInventor
    Indicates that one entity is the creator or originator of a particular writing system or script used by another entity.
  • D. coDeveloperOf
    Indicates that two or more entities jointly developed or collaborated in creating the same project, product, or work.
  • E. coCreatedWith
    Indicates that an entity participated jointly with another entity in the creation or production of something.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f039f3d88190a7c93ecbf1bf5f58 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a46c5d827c8190b620958383d23f41 completed March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a46cc892308190907a09fd3ca2cfc4 completed March 1, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a46d11a6288190ac9cbd0d50b95421 completed March 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2edeed31881908cf43beed410572d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.