Triple
T2340359
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bell Telephone Company |
E45010
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEmployee |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Watson |
E35664
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Watson | Statement: [Bell Telephone Company, notableEmployee, Thomas Watson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Watson Context triple: [Bell Telephone Company, notableEmployee, Thomas Watson]
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A.
Thomas J. Watson
chosen
Thomas J. Watson was an American business executive best known for transforming the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM and leading it to become a dominant force in the early computer industry.
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B.
Robert W. Sarnoff
Robert W. Sarnoff was an American media executive who served as chairman and CEO of RCA, overseeing the company during the rise of color television and modern broadcasting.
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C.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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D.
John A. Alonzo
John A. Alonzo was an American cinematographer best known for his influential work on films such as "Chinatown," which helped define the visual style of 1970s Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6abf1688190b7c404de0979149a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea87cbe688190a97a4c11c46f9f54 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.