Triple

T88869
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Alva Edison E1785 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Edison cylinder phonograph
The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
E7825 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 cylinder phonograph | Statement: [Thomas Alva Edison, notableWork, Edison cylinder phonograph]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison cylinder phonograph
Context triple: [Thomas Alva Edison, notableWork, Edison cylinder phonograph]
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
    Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
  • 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 General Electric Company
    Edison General Electric Company was an early American industrial and electrical manufacturing firm created by inventor Thomas Edison that became a key predecessor to today’s General Electric.
  • E. Audion
    Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
  • 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 cylinder phonograph
Triple: [Thomas Alva Edison, notableWork, Edison cylinder phonograph]
Generated description
The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edison cylinder phonograph
Target entity description: The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
  • A. Vitaphone
    Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
  • B. Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
    Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
  • 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 General Electric Company
    Edison General Electric Company was an early American industrial and electrical manufacturing firm created by inventor Thomas Edison that became a key predecessor to today’s General Electric.
  • E. Audion
    Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
  • 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_69a24d1a97dc819094e6c021fe9b05a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f6997c081908b202f937eb2b14f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a26245bf748190828d5cb4624b2a79 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a262bec71481909b251923011ca502 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a263626b7c8190b53469d93ac604d9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.