Triple
T1937515
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | GTE |
E41475
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sylvania Electric Products
Sylvania Electric Products was a major American manufacturer of radio and television tubes, consumer electronics, and lighting products that became part of GTE through acquisition.
|
E216121
|
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: Sylvania Electric Products | Statement: [GTE, predecessor, Sylvania Electric Products]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvania Electric Products Context triple: [GTE, predecessor, Sylvania Electric Products]
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A.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
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B.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
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C.
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation is the company that manages and licenses the Westinghouse brand and related intellectual property across various products and services.
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D.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was a company founded by inventor Thomas Edison that produced a range of early sound recording and playback devices and other electrical innovations.
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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: Sylvania Electric Products Triple: [GTE, predecessor, Sylvania Electric Products]
Generated description
Sylvania Electric Products was a major American manufacturer of radio and television tubes, consumer electronics, and lighting products that became part of GTE through acquisition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvania Electric Products Target entity description: Sylvania Electric Products was a major American manufacturer of radio and television tubes, consumer electronics, and lighting products that became part of GTE through acquisition.
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A.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
-
B.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
-
C.
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation is the company that manages and licenses the Westinghouse brand and related intellectual property across various products and services.
-
D.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was a company founded by inventor Thomas Edison that produced a range of early sound recording and playback devices and other electrical innovations.
-
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_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2c752fc81909baf38ff1cdeb18c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adf3f6285c8190925af156f49cf9a2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adf4aea46481908b5da7c4251dd867 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adf52b63c481908fcb9db4c40875b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.