Triple

T5784873
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Maria studio E128245 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object William Kennedy Laurie Dickson E60063 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: [Black Maria studio, designedBy, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Context triple: [Black Maria studio, designedBy, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]
  • A. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson chosen
    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.
  • B. William J. Dickson
    William J. Dickson was an industrial psychologist best known for his role as a key researcher in the Hawthorne studies on workplace behavior and productivity.
  • C. Thomas Armat
    Thomas Armat was an American inventor and early motion picture pioneer best known for co-developing the Vitascope projector that helped popularize commercial cinema.
  • D. George Eastman
    George Eastman was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of Eastman Kodak Company, which popularized roll film and made photography accessible to the general public.
  • E. Edwin S. Porter
    Edwin S. Porter was an early American film pioneer and director best known for his groundbreaking 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery."
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a19870c819084dc68b36b0cdd60 completed March 22, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c09815e5c08190a01ffad813e9d195 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.