Triple
T11993176
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Newcomen atmospheric engine |
E285462
|
entity |
| Predicate | improvedBy |
P6555
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Watt |
E10488
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Watt | Statement: [Newcomen atmospheric engine, improvedBy, James Watt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Watt Context triple: [Newcomen atmospheric engine, improvedBy, James Watt]
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A.
James Watt
chosen
James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Boulton and Watt
Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen was an early 18th-century English inventor and engineer best known for developing the first practical steam engine used to pump water from mines.
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D.
James Watt Jr.
James Watt Jr. was a British businessman and intellectual, known for managing his father James Watt’s steam engine business and participating in the scientific and industrial circles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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E.
William Symington
William Symington was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for pioneering practical steamboat technology in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903b11ac481909866b611380792e7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f49d183ee881908f1c0ca4562344a9 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 12:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.