Triple
T4282272
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Menlo Park, New Jersey |
E97178
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Alva Edison |
E1785
|
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: Thomas Alva Edison | Statement: [Menlo Park, New Jersey, associatedWith, Thomas Alva Edison]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Alva Edison Context triple: [Menlo Park, New Jersey, associatedWith, Thomas Alva Edison]
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A.
Thomas Alva Edison
chosen
Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
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B.
Edison
Edison is a large, diverse township in central New Jersey known for its suburban communities, major transportation links, and historical association with inventor Thomas Edison.
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C.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
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D.
Charles F. Brush
Charles F. Brush was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering electric arc lighting and early electrical power systems.
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E.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a pioneering Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer best known for his contributions to alternating current (AC) power systems and numerous innovations in electromagnetism.
- 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_69b34544be3c819084d1ab82d29f90c5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3503938f481909505e0a322dd2b6c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5b7bec1a88190bd36ed6d48e1c94e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.