Triple

T1110959
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore Case E25594 entity
Predicate hasNotableStudentOrAssociate P304 FINISHED
Object Earl I. Sponable
Earl I. Sponable was an American sound engineer and film pioneer best known for his work with Fox Film Corporation in developing early sound-on-film motion picture technology.
E170309 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: Earl I. Sponable | Statement: [Theodore Case, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Earl I. Sponable]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl I. Sponable
Context triple: [Theodore Case, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Earl I. Sponable]
  • A. Earl Roberts
    Earl Roberts is a British noble title created in honor of Lord Roberts, a distinguished military leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • 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: Earl I. Sponable
Triple: [Theodore Case, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Earl I. Sponable]
Generated description
Earl I. Sponable was an American sound engineer and film pioneer best known for his work with Fox Film Corporation in developing early sound-on-film motion picture technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl I. Sponable
Target entity description: Earl I. Sponable was an American sound engineer and film pioneer best known for his work with Fox Film Corporation in developing early sound-on-film motion picture technology.
  • A. Earl Roberts
    Earl Roberts is a British noble title created in honor of Lord Roberts, a distinguished military leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bb7742788190b320aec99e76ca41 completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1c8ee9dc8190b9f6a46841003e8a completed March 8, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1db1c6008190bbe61bad1a2a7e72 completed March 8, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad1e1e9fa081909201036f686fa110 completed March 8, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.