Triple
T3380721
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Xerox |
E71175
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chester Carlson
Chester Carlson was an American physicist and inventor best known for creating xerography, the dry photocopying process that led to the founding of Xerox.
|
E353616
|
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: Chester Carlson | Statement: [Xerox, foundedBy, Chester Carlson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Carlson Context triple: [Xerox, foundedBy, Chester Carlson]
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A.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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B.
Eugène Schueller
Eugène Schueller was a French chemist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global cosmetics company L'Oréal.
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C.
George Heilmeier
George Heilmeier was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering liquid crystal display (LCD) technology and later leading major research organizations in industry and government.
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D.
Walter Paepcke
Walter Paepcke was an American industrialist and philanthropist who transformed Aspen, Colorado into a cultural and intellectual center and established the Aspen Institute as a forum for global dialogue.
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E.
Allen B. DuMont
Allen B. DuMont was an American electronics engineer and television pioneer known for developing the modern cathode-ray tube and founding one of the earliest commercial television networks.
- 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: Chester Carlson Triple: [Xerox, foundedBy, Chester Carlson]
Generated description
Chester Carlson was an American physicist and inventor best known for creating xerography, the dry photocopying process that led to the founding of Xerox.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Carlson Target entity description: Chester Carlson was an American physicist and inventor best known for creating xerography, the dry photocopying process that led to the founding of Xerox.
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A.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
-
B.
Eugène Schueller
Eugène Schueller was a French chemist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global cosmetics company L'Oréal.
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C.
George Heilmeier
George Heilmeier was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering liquid crystal display (LCD) technology and later leading major research organizations in industry and government.
-
D.
Walter Paepcke
Walter Paepcke was an American industrialist and philanthropist who transformed Aspen, Colorado into a cultural and intellectual center and established the Aspen Institute as a forum for global dialogue.
-
E.
Allen B. DuMont
Allen B. DuMont was an American electronics engineer and television pioneer known for developing the modern cathode-ray tube and founding one of the earliest commercial television networks.
- 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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb5e7c7f48190afb78c311b424c93 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3344f9b448190aab1038ead60fa48 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b338147cc0819095f00b28910e178a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b338967c6c819090fe5f77bfa1978f |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.