Triple

T21442453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Betamax E528969 entity
Predicate derivativeFormat P130377 FINISHED
Object Betacam
Betacam is a professional broadcast video cassette format developed by Sony that became a widely used industry standard for television production and news gathering.
E1484745 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Betacam | Statement: [Betamax, derivativeFormat, Betacam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betacam
Context triple: [Betamax, derivativeFormat, Betacam]
  • 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. D-VHS
    D-VHS is a high-definition digital videotape format developed as an advanced successor to standard VHS for recording and playing back HD content.
  • C. VHS
    VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
  • D. Handycam
    Handycam is Sony’s well-known line of compact consumer camcorders designed for easy handheld video recording.
  • E. Sony XDCAM camcorders
    Sony XDCAM camcorders are professional digital video cameras widely used in broadcast and production environments for their robust recording formats, reliability, and high image quality.
  • 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: Betacam
Triple: [Betamax, derivativeFormat, Betacam]
Generated description
Betacam is a professional broadcast video cassette format developed by Sony that became a widely used industry standard for television production and news gathering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betacam
Target entity description: Betacam is a professional broadcast video cassette format developed by Sony that became a widely used industry standard for television production and news gathering.
  • 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. D-VHS
    D-VHS is a high-definition digital videotape format developed as an advanced successor to standard VHS for recording and playing back HD content.
  • C. VHS
    VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
  • D. Handycam
    Handycam is Sony’s well-known line of compact consumer camcorders designed for easy handheld video recording.
  • E. Sony XDCAM camcorders
    Sony XDCAM camcorders are professional digital video cameras widely used in broadcast and production environments for their robust recording formats, reliability, and high image quality.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: derivativeFormat
Context triple: [Betamax, derivativeFormat, Betacam]
  • A. derivativeForm chosen
    Indicates that one entity is a form derived from, based on, or obtained by modification of another entity.
  • B. derivativesType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of derivative relationship that exists between two related entities.
  • C. derivativeDistribution
    Indicates a relationship where one entity is a financial derivative whose value or payoff is contractually based on, or distributed according to, the performance or characteristics of another underlying entity.
  • D. derivativeDesignation
    Indicates that one entity is formally identified as a derivative or adapted version of another entity.
  • E. hasDerivative
    Indicates that one entity is derived, obtained, or produced from another through some transformation, process, or modification.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69e0c4569fa081908101baa24f8745db completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e8b70322bc8190ae693163ededf5a0 completed April 22, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09c9034c3c8190a5c3ea37ef2b44f9 completed May 17, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09c993004c81909cc0224947c178e0 completed May 17, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09ca14cfcc81908565427b504d815e completed May 17, 2026, 2 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e631df1b38819088d3604854e697b4 completed April 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:05 p.m.