Triple

T2874026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vladimir E56831 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Vladimir Zworykin
Vladimir Zworykin was a Russian-American engineer and inventor widely regarded as a pioneer of television technology, particularly for his work on the iconoscope and kinescope.
 E305739 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: Vladimir Zworykin | Statement: [Vladimir, notableBearer, Vladimir Zworykin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vladimir Zworykin
Context triple: [Vladimir, notableBearer, Vladimir Zworykin]
  • A. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • B. Robert W. de Forest
    Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
  • C. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • D. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • E. Harold Stephen Black
    Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
  • 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: Vladimir Zworykin
Triple: [Vladimir, notableBearer, Vladimir Zworykin]
Generated description
Vladimir Zworykin was a Russian-American engineer and inventor widely regarded as a pioneer of television technology, particularly for his work on the iconoscope and kinescope.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vladimir Zworykin
Target entity description: Vladimir Zworykin was a Russian-American engineer and inventor widely regarded as a pioneer of television technology, particularly for his work on the iconoscope and kinescope.
  • A. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • B. Robert W. de Forest
    Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
  • C. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • D. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • E. Harold Stephen Black
    Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
  • 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0032ddc8190bb4d15ec7e3c63e8 completed March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01db780908190919d859205464b2e completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0201470cc81909188573c3749dffb completed March 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b020aa00888190a683a621f1e1a107 completed March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.