Triple

T864415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fleming E18669 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Ambrose Fleming
John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known for inventing the vacuum tube diode, which laid the foundation for modern electronics and radio technology.
 E101240 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: John Ambrose Fleming | Statement: [Fleming, hasNotableBearer, John Ambrose Fleming]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ambrose Fleming
Context triple: [Fleming, hasNotableBearer, John Ambrose Fleming]
  • A. Harold Stephen Black
    Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
  • B. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • C. Ernst Alexanderson
    Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
  • D. Robert W. de Forest
    Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
  • E. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • 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: John Ambrose Fleming
Triple: [Fleming, hasNotableBearer, John Ambrose Fleming]
Generated description
John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known for inventing the vacuum tube diode, which laid the foundation for modern electronics and radio technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ambrose Fleming
Target entity description: John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known for inventing the vacuum tube diode, which laid the foundation for modern electronics and radio technology.
  • A. Harold Stephen Black
    Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
  • B. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • C. Ernst Alexanderson
    Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
  • D. Robert W. de Forest
    Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
  • E. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • 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_69a4938ce8688190a24bdfef82ba7d21 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac6956488190a5644cdd5b55684f completed March 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7a3c7999c81908b2f27610c263b7f completed March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a5a452f88190ad560d33ab42d71f completed March 4, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a63398f081908b63b4f79aa81f85 completed March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.