Triple
T1115653
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edison Manufacturing Company |
E11093
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Heise
William Heise was an early American cinematographer and camera operator who worked on some of the first motion pictures produced in the late 19th century.
|
E326112
|
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: William Heise | Statement: [Edison Manufacturing Company, employed, William Heise]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Heise Context triple: [Edison Manufacturing Company, employed, William Heise]
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A.
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
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B.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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C.
Francis W. Sears
Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
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D.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
- 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: William Heise Triple: [Edison Manufacturing Company, employed, William Heise]
Generated description
William Heise was an early American cinematographer and camera operator who worked on some of the first motion pictures produced in the late 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Heise Target entity description: William Heise was an early American cinematographer and camera operator who worked on some of the first motion pictures produced in the late 19th century.
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A.
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
-
B.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
-
C.
Francis W. Sears
Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
-
D.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bba2b550819081f8a100638d2fba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b20309280c8190ad9a73397e42267c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b203c541fc8190bcba3d74f7b7bd4b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b204516ac8819094f29f6c68d61465 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.