Triple

T24848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Forest Phonofilm Corporation E495 entity
Predicate competedWith P1375 FINISHED
Object Movietone
Movietone was an early sound-on-film motion picture system and newsreel brand that helped pioneer synchronized audio in cinema during the late 1920s.
E495 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: Movietone | Statement: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, competedWith, Movietone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Movietone
Context triple: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, competedWith, Movietone]
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
    De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
  • C. Sunset Boulevard
    Sunset Boulevard is a famous Los Angeles thoroughfare known for its historic connection to the film industry, nightlife, and iconic cultural landmarks.
  • D. G-Men
    G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
  • E. CBI Theater
    The CBI Theater (China-Burma-India Theater) was a major World War II operational area where Allied forces fought Japan across challenging terrain in Asia, focusing on supply routes like the Burma Road and support to Chinese forces.
  • 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: Movietone
Triple: [De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, competedWith, Movietone]
Generated description
Movietone was an early sound-on-film motion picture system and newsreel brand that helped pioneer synchronized audio in cinema during the late 1920s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Movietone
Target entity description: Movietone was an early sound-on-film motion picture system and newsreel brand that helped pioneer synchronized audio in cinema during the late 1920s.
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. De Forest Phonofilm Corporation chosen
    De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
  • C. Sunset Boulevard
    Sunset Boulevard is a famous Los Angeles thoroughfare known for its historic connection to the film industry, nightlife, and iconic cultural landmarks.
  • D. G-Men
    G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
  • E. CBI Theater
    The CBI Theater (China-Burma-India Theater) was a major World War II operational area where Allied forces fought Japan across challenging terrain in Asia, focusing on supply routes like the Burma Road and support to Chinese forces.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2481e91c88190ad0fb09cddc5f446 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2552d92ec8190a523fb8d05b98bb2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a255cc192c8190b2c0aa68ac97ad1f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a256a191bc8190a0cb3151ece43e13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.