Triple

T20478963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Voyager 2 imaging system E502399 entity
Predicate usesDetectorType P933 FINISHED
Object Vidicon
Vidicon is an early type of television camera tube that converts an optical image into an electronic signal, widely used in space probes and broadcast cameras before solid-state sensors became standard.
E472087 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: Vidicon | Statement: [Voyager 2 imaging system, usesDetectorType, Vidicon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vidicon
Context triple: [Voyager 2 imaging system, usesDetectorType, Vidicon]
  • A. Betamax
    Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
  • B. Trinitron
    Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.
  • C. Control Video Corporation
    Control Video Corporation was an early 1980s technology company best known as the precursor to America Online (AOL), pioneering online services for home computer users.
  • D. Baird television camera
    The Baird television camera was an early mechanical television imaging device developed by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird, used to capture moving images for some of the first experimental TV broadcasts.
  • E. Vanguard TV-4
    Vanguard TV-4 was the American Vanguard rocket that successfully launched Vanguard 1, one of the earliest artificial Earth satellites, during the early space race.
  • 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: Vidicon
Triple: [Voyager 2 imaging system, usesDetectorType, Vidicon]
Generated description
Vidicon is an early type of television camera tube that converts an optical image into an electronic signal, widely used in space probes and broadcast cameras before solid-state sensors became standard.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vidicon
Target entity description: Vidicon is an early type of television camera tube that converts an optical image into an electronic signal, widely used in space probes and broadcast cameras before solid-state sensors became standard.
  • A. Betamax
    Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
  • B. Trinitron
    Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.
  • C. Control Video Corporation
    Control Video Corporation was an early 1980s technology company best known as the precursor to America Online (AOL), pioneering online services for home computer users.
  • D. Baird television camera chosen
    The Baird television camera was an early mechanical television imaging device developed by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird, used to capture moving images for some of the first experimental TV broadcasts.
  • E. Vanguard TV-4
    Vanguard TV-4 was the American Vanguard rocket that successfully launched Vanguard 1, one of the earliest artificial Earth satellites, during the early space race.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4af32848190aea80682b44d5d6e completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69b54c8188190a71e35fab8d194a6 completed April 20, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a088b25667081909e92bb990b7b4856 completed May 16, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a088c58f6748190b9945d6bff0f4b8c completed May 16, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a088cdecf04819097d6e934acc6c70f completed May 16, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:34 a.m.