Triple

T24835
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Forest Phonofilm Corporation E495 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
 E25594 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: Theodore Case | Statement: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, foundedBy, Theodore Case]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Case
Context triple: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, foundedBy, Theodore Case]
  • A. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • B. Walter A. Brown
    Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. David Packard
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • E. George Palmer Putnam
    George Palmer Putnam was a prominent 19th-century American publisher and bookseller who played a key role in shaping the U.S. literary and cultural landscape.
  • 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: Theodore Case
Triple: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, foundedBy, Theodore Case]
Generated description
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Case
Target entity description: Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
  • A. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • B. Walter A. Brown
    Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. David Packard
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • E. George Palmer Putnam
    George Palmer Putnam was a prominent 19th-century American publisher and bookseller who played a key role in shaping the U.S. literary and cultural landscape.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2466d166881908bd8513c8d09fe8d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3232a3f8c81909aaf3479415828f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a323be36ac8190949a2c6f08c9a215 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3241f3cd08190a77ef4307a0e6dd0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.