Triple
T945504
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William von Meister |
E20402
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Control Video Corporation
Control Video Corporation was an early 1980s technology company best known as the precursor to America Online (AOL), pioneering online services for home computer users.
|
E111122
|
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: Control Video Corporation | Statement: [William von Meister, founded, Control Video Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Control Video Corporation Context triple: [William von Meister, founded, Control Video Corporation]
-
A.
Ampex
Ampex is an American electronics company renowned for pioneering professional audio and video tape recording technology.
-
B.
American Television and Communications Corporation
American Television and Communications Corporation was a major U.S. cable television company that became part of the business later known as Time Warner Cable.
-
C.
Technicolor
Technicolor is a pioneering color motion picture process and company renowned for its vivid, saturated hues in classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Remote Control Productions
Remote Control Productions is a film and television music production company and composers' collective founded by Hans Zimmer, known for producing scores for major Hollywood projects.
-
E.
Philco
Philco was a pioneering American electronics manufacturer best known for its radios, televisions, and early computer and semiconductor technologies.
- 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: Control Video Corporation Triple: [William von Meister, founded, Control Video Corporation]
Generated description
Control Video Corporation was an early 1980s technology company best known as the precursor to America Online (AOL), pioneering online services for home computer users.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Control Video Corporation Target entity description: Control Video Corporation was an early 1980s technology company best known as the precursor to America Online (AOL), pioneering online services for home computer users.
-
A.
Ampex
Ampex is an American electronics company renowned for pioneering professional audio and video tape recording technology.
-
B.
American Television and Communications Corporation
American Television and Communications Corporation was a major U.S. cable television company that became part of the business later known as Time Warner Cable.
-
C.
Technicolor
Technicolor is a pioneering color motion picture process and company renowned for its vivid, saturated hues in classic Hollywood films.
-
D.
Remote Control Productions
Remote Control Productions is a film and television music production company and composers' collective founded by Hans Zimmer, known for producing scores for major Hollywood projects.
-
E.
Philco
Philco was a pioneering American electronics manufacturer best known for its radios, televisions, and early computer and semiconductor technologies.
- 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3a61b648190b1b6c932e047e161 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a826e7d55c8190b9b871caead76733 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a845a793e08190892fe1a545095f62 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a8463631608190a9ada5605e9625aa |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.