Triple

T1785070
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fleming valve E39372 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Edison effect
The Edison effect is the phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from a heated filament into a vacuum, forming the basis for early vacuum tubes and thermionic devices.
E198176 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: Edison effect | Statement: [Fleming valve, basedOn, Edison effect]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison effect
Context triple: [Fleming valve, basedOn, Edison effect]
  • A. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • B. Edison
    Edison is a large, diverse township in central New Jersey known for its suburban communities, major transportation links, and historical association with inventor Thomas Edison.
  • C. The Edison
    The Edison is an industrial gothic-style restaurant and bar at Disney Springs known for its 1920s theming, craft cocktails, and live entertainment.
  • D. Nernst–Lamp
    The Nernst–Lamp is an early type of electric lamp that used a heated ceramic rod as a light-emitting element and played a significant role in the development of incandescent lighting technology.
  • E. Alexanderson alternator
    The Alexanderson alternator is an early high-frequency radio transmitter that generated continuous-wave signals using a rotating machine, playing a key role in long-distance wireless communication before vacuum-tube oscillators.
  • 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: Edison effect
Triple: [Fleming valve, basedOn, Edison effect]
Generated description
The Edison effect is the phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from a heated filament into a vacuum, forming the basis for early vacuum tubes and thermionic devices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison effect
Target entity description: The Edison effect is the phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from a heated filament into a vacuum, forming the basis for early vacuum tubes and thermionic devices.
  • A. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • B. Edison
    Edison is a large, diverse township in central New Jersey known for its suburban communities, major transportation links, and historical association with inventor Thomas Edison.
  • C. The Edison
    The Edison is an industrial gothic-style restaurant and bar at Disney Springs known for its 1920s theming, craft cocktails, and live entertainment.
  • D. Nernst–Lamp
    The Nernst–Lamp is an early type of electric lamp that used a heated ceramic rod as a light-emitting element and played a significant role in the development of incandescent lighting technology.
  • E. Alexanderson alternator
    The Alexanderson alternator is an early high-frequency radio transmitter that generated continuous-wave signals using a rotating machine, playing a key role in long-distance wireless communication before vacuum-tube oscillators.
  • 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64e5f5588190ac285d0923c5a2e9 completed March 6, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada9a476448190b072361fe4b41537 completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adab05cf6c81909f4713664f508ad9 completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaeb20390819098bad8951ec00d00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.