Triple
T8607117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Singing Fool |
E203826
|
entity |
| Predicate | soundSystemUsed |
P68998
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vitaphone |
E1974
|
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: Vitaphone | Statement: [The Singing Fool, soundSystemUsed, Vitaphone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vitaphone Context triple: [The Singing Fool, soundSystemUsed, Vitaphone]
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A.
Vitaphone
chosen
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.
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B.
Vitascope
Vitascope was an early film projector developed in the 1890s that helped introduce projected motion pictures to large audiences in theaters.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69ca832c23e4819095a9f3eea4a21828 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc46eabe2c8190a2d13c353055a785 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cea909757c819095dd38644c21af33 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.