Triple
T474535
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Motion Picture Patents Company |
E9031
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberCompany |
P13459
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Essanay Studios
Essanay Studios was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for its silent films and for featuring stars like Charlie Chaplin.
|
E61178
|
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: Essanay Studios | Statement: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Essanay Studios]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essanay Studios Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Essanay Studios]
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A.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Vitagraph Company of America
Vitagraph Company of America was a pioneering early American film studio and production company that played a major role in the development of the silent film era.
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C.
Hal Roach Studios
Hal Roach Studios was a prominent American film production company best known for its classic comedy shorts and features, including the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang series, during the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Essanay Studios Triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Essanay Studios]
Generated description
Essanay Studios was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for its silent films and for featuring stars like Charlie Chaplin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essanay Studios Target entity description: Essanay Studios was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for its silent films and for featuring stars like Charlie Chaplin.
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A.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Vitagraph Company of America
Vitagraph Company of America was a pioneering early American film studio and production company that played a major role in the development of the silent film era.
-
C.
Hal Roach Studios
Hal Roach Studios was a prominent American film production company best known for its classic comedy shorts and features, including the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang series, during the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a4777ac3748190989ab6a9565d2c8a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a477e15cd08190a9491a42d8739b83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4782d92cc81909b41dfcbe4ab3938 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.