Triple

T408433
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Pickford E9432 entity
Predicate workedFor P1910 FINISHED
Object Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
E56144 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: Biograph Company | Statement: [Mary Pickford, workedFor, Biograph Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Biograph Company
Context triple: [Mary Pickford, workedFor, Biograph Company]
  • A. De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
    De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
  • B. Samuel Goldwyn Company
    Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
  • C. Motion Picture Patents Company
    The Motion Picture Patents Company was an early 20th-century film industry trust that sought to control movie production, distribution, and exhibition in the United States through pooled patents and licensing.
  • D. Zanuck/Brown Company
    Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
  • E. Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation
    Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation was a silent-era American film production company founded by and centered around the star actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks.
  • 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: Biograph Company
Triple: [Mary Pickford, workedFor, Biograph Company]
Generated description
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Biograph Company
Target entity description: Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
  • A. De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
    De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
  • B. Samuel Goldwyn Company
    Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
  • C. Motion Picture Patents Company
    The Motion Picture Patents Company was an early 20th-century film industry trust that sought to control movie production, distribution, and exhibition in the United States through pooled patents and licensing.
  • D. Zanuck/Brown Company
    Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
  • E. Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation
    Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation was a silent-era American film production company founded by and centered around the star actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks.
  • 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ecbf0650819080753815ca280eec completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4429ec70c8190aaff2e0e6af82612 completed March 1, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4433304ec8190a60f945e7a506d75 completed March 1, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4438d88f08190b0b9e7667c756710 completed March 1, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.