Triple
T474515
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Motion Picture Patents Company |
E9031
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edison Trust
Edison Trust was a powerful early 20th-century American film industry monopoly that controlled key motion picture patents and sought to dominate movie production, distribution, and exhibition.
|
E61059
|
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: Edison Trust | Statement: [Motion Picture Patents Company, alsoKnownAs, Edison Trust]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison Trust Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, alsoKnownAs, Edison Trust]
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A.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
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B.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was a company founded by inventor Thomas Edison that produced a range of early sound recording and playback devices and other electrical innovations.
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C.
Edison Machine Works
Edison Machine Works was a major manufacturing arm of Thomas Edison's electric power enterprises in the late 19th century, producing electrical equipment such as dynamos and motors.
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D.
Edison Illuminating Company
Edison Illuminating Company was one of the earliest electric utility companies in the United States, established by Thomas Edison to generate and distribute electric power for lighting and other uses.
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E.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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: Edison Trust Triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, alsoKnownAs, Edison Trust]
Generated description
Edison Trust was a powerful early 20th-century American film industry monopoly that controlled key motion picture patents and sought to dominate movie production, distribution, and exhibition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison Trust Target entity description: Edison Trust was a powerful early 20th-century American film industry monopoly that controlled key motion picture patents and sought to dominate movie production, distribution, and exhibition.
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A.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
-
B.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was a company founded by inventor Thomas Edison that produced a range of early sound recording and playback devices and other electrical innovations.
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C.
Edison Machine Works
Edison Machine Works was a major manufacturing arm of Thomas Edison's electric power enterprises in the late 19th century, producing electrical equipment such as dynamos and motors.
-
D.
Edison Illuminating Company
Edison Illuminating Company was one of the earliest electric utility companies in the United States, established by Thomas Edison to generate and distribute electric power for lighting and other uses.
-
E.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f039f3d88190a7c93ecbf1bf5f58 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4746deb4481908d88c50c86b58ee8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4761ce01c8190a34d85d498d4de82 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a476ba75388190a11f982f9b01861c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:26 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.