Triple

T88875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Alva Edison E1785 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)
Western Union was a dominant 19th-century American telegraph company that employed young Thomas Edison as a telegraph operator early in his career.
E6506 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: Western Union (early career as telegraph operator) | Statement: [Thomas Alva Edison, employer, Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)
Context triple: [Thomas Alva Edison, employer, Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)]
  • A. De Forest Radio Telephone Company
    De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
  • B. Bell Telephone Laboratories
    Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
  • C. Rogers
    Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • D. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • E. United States Army Signal Corps
    The United States Army Signal Corps is the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for developing, managing, and supporting military communications and information systems.
  • 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: Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)
Triple: [Thomas Alva Edison, employer, Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)]
Generated description
Western Union was a dominant 19th-century American telegraph company that employed young Thomas Edison as a telegraph operator early in his career.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)
Target entity description: Western Union was a dominant 19th-century American telegraph company that employed young Thomas Edison as a telegraph operator early in his career.
  • A. De Forest Radio Telephone Company
    De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
  • B. Bell Telephone Laboratories
    Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
  • C. Rogers
    Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • D. Bolt Beranek and Newman
    Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
  • E. United States Army Signal Corps
    The United States Army Signal Corps is the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for developing, managing, and supporting military communications and information systems.
  • 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_69a25abf2e9c8190bb09baca150145ed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba974948190bb064dca99613bc6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c2b29e08190af62c6753c4fdd11 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.