Triple

T474537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Motion Picture Patents Company E9031 entity
Predicate memberCompany P13459 FINISHED
Object Selig Polyscope Company
Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
E61511 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: Selig Polyscope Company | Statement: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Selig Polyscope Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selig Polyscope Company
Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Selig Polyscope Company]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • 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: Selig Polyscope Company
Triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Selig Polyscope Company]
Generated description
Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selig Polyscope Company
Target entity description: Selig Polyscope Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company, notable as one of the pioneering firms in the silent film era.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • 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_69a47d28632c819081dcf47c7c68451f completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47dbc63988190ac30e33a705c25db completed March 1, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e0f13e881909d748a974aaad326 completed March 1, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.