Triple

T9309
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Forest Radio Telephone Company E186 entity
Predicate hasFounderRole P104 FINISHED
Object Lee de Forest E51 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Lee de Forest | Statement: [De Forest Radio Telephone Company, hasFounderRole, Lee de Forest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee de Forest
Context triple: [De Forest Radio Telephone Company, hasFounderRole, Lee de Forest]
  • A. Lee de Forest chosen
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • B. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • C. Harold Stephen Black
    Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
  • D. Ernst Alexanderson
    Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
  • E. George Westinghouse
    George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasFounderRole
Context triple: [De Forest Radio Telephone Company, hasFounderRole, Lee de Forest]
  • A. foundingMember
    Indicates that an entity is one of the original creators or initial participants involved in establishing another entity, such as an organization, group, or project.
  • B. founder chosen
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • C. ownedBy
    Indicates that one entity possesses legal or rightful ownership of another entity.
  • D. hasNotableMember
    Indicates that a group, organization, or collection includes at least one member who is distinguished or noteworthy in some significant way.
  • E. hasRole
    Indicates that an entity occupies, performs, or is assigned a specific role or function in relation to another entity or context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a240b249788190af8dbf7e80e9c91b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db4f527c819094ab6b1705358022 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23fe52ec48190a4d24101c91434ed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.