Triple

T4802062
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Logie Baird E106856 entity
Predicate developed P73 FINISHED
Object Baird mechanical television system
The Baird mechanical television system was an early experimental television technology that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit and display moving images before the advent of fully electronic television.
E106856 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: Baird mechanical television system | Statement: [John Logie Baird, developed, Baird mechanical television system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baird mechanical television system
Context triple: [John Logie Baird, developed, Baird mechanical television system]
  • A. Kinetograph
    The Kinetograph was an early motion picture camera developed in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson to record films for viewing in the Kinetoscope.
  • B. Kinetoscope
    The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
  • C. Biograph projector
    The Biograph projector was an early motion picture projection system developed in the late 19th century, notable for its large-format film and role in pioneering commercial cinema exhibition.
  • D. Vitascope
    Vitascope was an early film projector developed in the 1890s that helped introduce projected motion pictures to large audiences in theaters.
  • E. John Logie Baird
    John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for creating the first working television system and pioneering early television 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: Baird mechanical television system
Triple: [John Logie Baird, developed, Baird mechanical television system]
Generated description
The Baird mechanical television system was an early experimental television technology that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit and display moving images before the advent of fully electronic television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baird mechanical television system
Target entity description: The Baird mechanical television system was an early experimental television technology that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit and display moving images before the advent of fully electronic television.
  • A. Kinetograph
    The Kinetograph was an early motion picture camera developed in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson to record films for viewing in the Kinetoscope.
  • B. Kinetoscope
    The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
  • C. Biograph projector
    The Biograph projector was an early motion picture projection system developed in the late 19th century, notable for its large-format film and role in pioneering commercial cinema exhibition.
  • D. Vitascope
    Vitascope was an early film projector developed in the 1890s that helped introduce projected motion pictures to large audiences in theaters.
  • E. John Logie Baird chosen
    John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for creating the first working television system and pioneering early television broadcasting.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c42113081908824f3608e65cbff completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4400103c8190a5417fe75fb50f81 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be44a60c2c8190b47efae80379b21e completed March 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4530fe5c8190aa976151cdd5bc7a completed March 21, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.