Triple

T7027539
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Henry Bragg E163185 entity
Predicate publication P80 FINISHED
Object The World of Sound (1920)
The World of Sound (1920) is a popular science book by physicist William Henry Bragg that explains the nature, behavior, and perception of sound for a general audience.
E637562 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: The World of Sound (1920) | Statement: [William Henry Bragg, publication, The World of Sound (1920)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The World of Sound (1920)
Context triple: [William Henry Bragg, publication, The World of Sound (1920)]
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. Movietone sound-on-film process
    The Movietone sound-on-film process was an early motion picture technology that recorded audio directly onto the film strip as a variable-density optical track, enabling synchronized sound and image in cinema.
  • C. Fantasound stereophonic sound system
    The Fantasound stereophonic sound system was an early, pioneering multi-channel audio technology developed by Disney to create immersive, directional sound for the 1940 animated film "Fantasia."
  • D. The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
    The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
  • E. Fox Movietone sound system
    The Fox Movietone sound system was an early sound-on-film technology developed by Fox Film Corporation that enabled synchronized audio and motion pictures, helping usher in the era of talking movies.
  • 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: The World of Sound (1920)
Triple: [William Henry Bragg, publication, The World of Sound (1920)]
Generated description
The World of Sound (1920) is a popular science book by physicist William Henry Bragg that explains the nature, behavior, and perception of sound for a general audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The World of Sound (1920)
Target entity description: The World of Sound (1920) is a popular science book by physicist William Henry Bragg that explains the nature, behavior, and perception of sound for a general audience.
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. Movietone sound-on-film process
    The Movietone sound-on-film process was an early motion picture technology that recorded audio directly onto the film strip as a variable-density optical track, enabling synchronized sound and image in cinema.
  • C. Fantasound stereophonic sound system
    The Fantasound stereophonic sound system was an early, pioneering multi-channel audio technology developed by Disney to create immersive, directional sound for the 1940 animated film "Fantasia."
  • D. The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
    The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
  • E. Fox Movietone sound system
    The Fox Movietone sound system was an early sound-on-film technology developed by Fox Film Corporation that enabled synchronized audio and motion pictures, helping usher in the era of talking movies.
  • 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_69c6885d691c81908cf7d31083113886 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e1fee32081908eff988b18daa6d0 completed March 27, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7758c87908190bd1ddcfdccc171b5 completed March 28, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c77a01c7b48190b022c6d2ecda7488 completed March 28, 2026, 6:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c77a83ed8881908907bedcf6d6ea84 completed March 28, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:35 p.m.