Triple
T2773421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Selig Polyscope Company |
E61511
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Nicholas Selig
William Nicholas Selig was an early American film producer and studio pioneer who helped establish the motion picture industry in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|
E316655
|
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: William Nicholas Selig | Statement: [Selig Polyscope Company, foundedBy, William Nicholas Selig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nicholas Selig Context triple: [Selig Polyscope Company, foundedBy, William Nicholas Selig]
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A.
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.
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B.
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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C.
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky was a pioneering American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures who played a key role in the development of early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor was a pioneering film producer and studio executive who helped shape the Hollywood studio system and led Paramount Pictures to prominence in the early 20th century.
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E.
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."
- 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: William Nicholas Selig Triple: [Selig Polyscope Company, foundedBy, William Nicholas Selig]
Generated description
William Nicholas Selig was an early American film producer and studio pioneer who helped establish the motion picture industry in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nicholas Selig Target entity description: William Nicholas Selig was an early American film producer and studio pioneer who helped establish the motion picture industry in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
A.
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky was a pioneering American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures who played a key role in the development of early Hollywood cinema.
-
D.
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor was a pioneering film producer and studio executive who helped shape the Hollywood studio system and led Paramount Pictures to prominence in the early 20th century.
-
E.
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."
- 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_69ab4b7cd13481909174bca9809ed259 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdd7e29e08190921fd4ac9d0679ec |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b108c5319481909d3e1a237c3f661e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b10d0e1b80819088ebfb828991dd15 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b10d888900819086fbefe5807afb3e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.