Triple
T315474
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lights of New York (1928 film) |
E7695
|
entity |
| Predicate | soundSystem |
P3510
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vitaphone |
E1974
|
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: Vitaphone | Statement: [Lights of New York (1928 film), soundSystem, Vitaphone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vitaphone Context triple: [Lights of New York (1928 film), soundSystem, Vitaphone]
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A.
Vitaphone
chosen
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.
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B.
Edison cylinder phonograph
The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
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C.
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
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D.
Okeh Records
Okeh Records is an American record label historically known for its influential early jazz and blues recordings, including landmark releases by Louis Armstrong.
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E.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee016c408190beab4009653524db |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3cfe6d2bc819097dc05c0ca2a03d9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.