Triple
T2032939
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Photophone |
E44558
|
entity |
| Predicate | inventedBy |
P632
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Sumner Tainter
Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
|
E346803
|
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: Charles Sumner Tainter | Statement: [Photophone, inventedBy, Charles Sumner Tainter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Sumner Tainter Context triple: [Photophone, inventedBy, Charles Sumner Tainter]
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A.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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B.
William Starr Miller
William Starr Miller was a prominent early 20th-century American industrialist and real estate developer whose Fifth Avenue mansion later became the home of the Neue Galerie New York.
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C.
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
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D.
C. O. Sanford
C. O. Sanford was a notable figure after whom the city of Sanford, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his influence or prominence in the region’s history.
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E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- 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: Charles Sumner Tainter Triple: [Photophone, inventedBy, Charles Sumner Tainter]
Generated description
Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Sumner Tainter Target entity description: Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
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A.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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B.
William Starr Miller
William Starr Miller was a prominent early 20th-century American industrialist and real estate developer whose Fifth Avenue mansion later became the home of the Neue Galerie New York.
-
C.
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
-
D.
C. O. Sanford
C. O. Sanford was a notable figure after whom the city of Sanford, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his influence or prominence in the region’s history.
-
E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb93255248190bd47a54a7b3c7447 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2f39ad7488190a7604a113c2e2bb3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2ff426a4c8190a75f6718c25ed15e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b313b260348190aa3360a76327e636 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.