Triple

T20684096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Centennial Exposition E508368 entity
Predicate notableExhibit P22 FINISHED
Object Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone is the pioneering communication device that enabled the first practical transmission of speech over electrical wires, revolutionizing global communication.
E1443422 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: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone | Statement: [Centennial Exposition, notableExhibit, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Context triple: [Centennial Exposition, notableExhibit, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone]
  • A. Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf best known for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.
  • B. Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
    The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
  • C. Alexander Melville Bell
    Alexander Melville Bell was a 19th-century British-Canadian phonetician and educator best known for his work on visible speech and as the father of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
  • D. Bakelite telephone
    A Bakelite telephone is an early 20th-century fixed-line telephone made from the thermosetting plastic Bakelite, known for its durability, distinctive glossy finish, and iconic rotary-dial design.
  • E. Hughes telegraph system
    The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th 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: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Triple: [Centennial Exposition, notableExhibit, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone]
Generated description
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone is the pioneering communication device that enabled the first practical transmission of speech over electrical wires, revolutionizing global communication.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Target entity description: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone is the pioneering communication device that enabled the first practical transmission of speech over electrical wires, revolutionizing global communication.
  • A. Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf best known for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.
  • B. Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
    The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
  • C. Alexander Melville Bell
    Alexander Melville Bell was a 19th-century British-Canadian phonetician and educator best known for his work on visible speech and as the father of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
  • D. Bakelite telephone
    A Bakelite telephone is an early 20th-century fixed-line telephone made from the thermosetting plastic Bakelite, known for its durability, distinctive glossy finish, and iconic rotary-dial design.
  • E. Hughes telegraph system
    The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th 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_69e0b4c1ed408190b72dd26b1e33f8a1 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6beaae5608190ac8cc64aa4717d53 completed April 21, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd6f0ca88190972ddf687eabcf4d completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d177998c8190baac0bc6599d07af completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d1d224d08190bca18ae0d38ad993 completed May 16, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:45 a.m.