Triple
T2720229
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Kennedy Laurie Dickson |
E60063
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | W. K. L. Dickson |
E60063
|
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: W. K. L. Dickson | Statement: [William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, alsoKnownAs, W. K. L. Dickson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. K. L. Dickson Context triple: [William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, alsoKnownAs, W. K. L. Dickson]
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A.
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
chosen
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a pioneering Scottish inventor and early motion picture engineer who worked with Thomas Edison to develop some of the first practical film cameras and viewing devices.
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B.
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter was an early American film pioneer and director best known for his groundbreaking 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery."
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C.
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a pioneering Canadian-American film director and producer known as the "King of Comedy" for his influential slapstick silent films and for founding Keystone Studios.
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D.
John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for creating the first working television system and pioneering early television broadcasting.
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E.
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
- 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_69ab4b746d248190958e052045c09255 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdab06d388190acf690787fe58ab5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afbbc05d148190b6a0faf10443519d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.