Triple

T18806699
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theranos E459893 entity
Predicate claimedTechnology P16215 FINISHED
Object Edison blood-testing device
The Edison blood-testing device was Theranos’s proprietary machine that purported to run a wide range of laboratory tests from just a few drops of blood, a claim later discredited as part of the company’s broader fraud scandal.
E1344429 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 blood-testing device | Statement: [Theranos, claimedTechnology, Edison blood-testing device]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison blood-testing device
Context triple: [Theranos, claimedTechnology, Edison blood-testing device]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edison incandescent lamps
    Edison incandescent lamps were early electric light bulbs developed by Thomas Edison that used a carbon filament in a vacuum to produce long-lasting, practical indoor lighting.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Edison Black Maria
    Edison Black Maria was Thomas Edison's pioneering early motion picture studio, considered one of the first film production facilities in the world.
  • E. Edison cylinder phonograph
    The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
  • 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 blood-testing device
Triple: [Theranos, claimedTechnology, Edison blood-testing device]
Generated description
The Edison blood-testing device was Theranos’s proprietary machine that purported to run a wide range of laboratory tests from just a few drops of blood, a claim later discredited as part of the company’s broader fraud scandal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison blood-testing device
Target entity description: The Edison blood-testing device was Theranos’s proprietary machine that purported to run a wide range of laboratory tests from just a few drops of blood, a claim later discredited as part of the company’s broader fraud scandal.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edison incandescent lamps
    Edison incandescent lamps were early electric light bulbs developed by Thomas Edison that used a carbon filament in a vacuum to produce long-lasting, practical indoor lighting.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Edison Black Maria
    Edison Black Maria was Thomas Edison's pioneering early motion picture studio, considered one of the first film production facilities in the world.
  • E. Edison cylinder phonograph
    The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
  • 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_69d8d398c7d4819091cb2f7e48948aeb completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a3d7f8d08190a3e02fab6dc40bb5 completed April 20, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a055bbec00c8190962dddaf08bb1c5d completed May 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a055f9b560c81909fcc83ffb8fc7498 completed May 14, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05605e78088190ae2fc8189007d6dc completed May 14, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:53 a.m.