Triple

T12935376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elias Howe E309493 entity
Predicate patent P74 FINISHED
Object US Patent 4,750
US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
E1012043 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: US Patent 4,750 | Statement: [Elias Howe, patent, US Patent 4,750]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US Patent 4,750
Context triple: [Elias Howe, patent, US Patent 4,750]
  • A. U.S. Patent 2,292,387
    U.S. Patent 2,292,387 is the World War II–era patent co-invented by actress Hedy Lamarr that introduced a frequency-hopping communication system, a foundational technology for modern wireless communications.
  • B. Letters Patent 1987
    Letters Patent 1987 is a constitutional instrument issued by the British monarch that formally established and defined the office and powers of the Governor-General of New Zealand and related aspects of New Zealand’s system of government.
  • C. Letters Patent, 1947
    The Letters Patent, 1947 are a constitutional instrument issued by King George VI that modernized and redefined the office and powers of the Governor General of Canada, effectively transferring many of the monarch’s duties in Canada to the Governor General.
  • D. US2292387
    US2292387 is the U.S. patent granted to Hedy Lamarr (with George Antheil) for a pioneering frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that laid groundwork for modern wireless technologies.
  • E. US401
    US401 is a U.S. highway running through parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, connecting several regional cities and communities.
  • 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: US Patent 4,750
Triple: [Elias Howe, patent, US Patent 4,750]
Generated description
US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US Patent 4,750
Target entity description: US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
  • A. U.S. Patent 2,292,387
    U.S. Patent 2,292,387 is the World War II–era patent co-invented by actress Hedy Lamarr that introduced a frequency-hopping communication system, a foundational technology for modern wireless communications.
  • B. Letters Patent 1987
    Letters Patent 1987 is a constitutional instrument issued by the British monarch that formally established and defined the office and powers of the Governor-General of New Zealand and related aspects of New Zealand’s system of government.
  • C. Letters Patent, 1947
    The Letters Patent, 1947 are a constitutional instrument issued by King George VI that modernized and redefined the office and powers of the Governor General of Canada, effectively transferring many of the monarch’s duties in Canada to the Governor General.
  • D. US2292387
    US2292387 is the U.S. patent granted to Hedy Lamarr (with George Antheil) for a pioneering frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that laid groundwork for modern wireless technologies.
  • E. US401
    US401 is a U.S. highway running through parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, connecting several regional cities and communities.
  • 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_69d7bdfa933c8190b5a27aa4a08a19b7 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97dc76d688190bd58a23351373666 completed April 10, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af6d16388190abc848ac67bf1fb9 completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b08df448819080c0a7b0921bcc9f completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b121fdb881909a9a321794a3b8f1 completed May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:42 p.m.