Triple

T2730005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitascope E60288 entity
Predicate hasInventor P632 FINISHED
Object Charles Francis Jenkins
Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
E295248 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: Charles Francis Jenkins | Statement: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Charles Francis Jenkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Francis Jenkins
Context triple: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Charles Francis Jenkins]
  • A. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • B. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • C. John Hays Hammond Jr.
    John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
  • D. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • E. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • 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: Charles Francis Jenkins
Triple: [Vitascope, hasInventor, Charles Francis Jenkins]
Generated description
Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Francis Jenkins
Target entity description: Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • A. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • B. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • C. John Hays Hammond Jr.
    John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
  • D. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • E. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdaeca6208190a586afb00747146a completed March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbc227c48190b7ab34c6760d3331 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbd10031c8190b3ebb9d1b5a5bad0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd7be9088190a19bed27249e95c4 completed March 10, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.