Triple
T16302840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wankel rotary engine |
E395833
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Felix Wankel
Felix Wankel was a German engineer and inventor best known for creating the Wankel rotary internal combustion engine.
|
E1206197
|
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: Felix Wankel | Statement: [Wankel rotary engine, namedAfter, Felix Wankel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix Wankel Context triple: [Wankel rotary engine, namedAfter, Felix Wankel]
-
A.
Wilhelm Maybach
Wilhelm Maybach was a pioneering German engineer and industrialist best known for developing early high-performance automobile engines and co-founding the company that became Mercedes-Benz.
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B.
August Horch
August Horch was a pioneering German engineer and automobile entrepreneur who founded both Horch and the company that later became Audi.
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C.
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel was a German engineer and inventor best known for developing the diesel engine, a highly efficient internal combustion engine that revolutionized transportation and industry.
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D.
Nicolaus Otto
Nicolaus Otto was a 19th-century German engineer best known for developing the four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the foundation of modern gasoline engines.
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E.
Wilhelm Opel
Wilhelm Opel was a member of the Opel family who helped develop the German Opel company from a small family business into a major industrial enterprise.
- 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: Felix Wankel Triple: [Wankel rotary engine, namedAfter, Felix Wankel]
Generated description
Felix Wankel was a German engineer and inventor best known for creating the Wankel rotary internal combustion engine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix Wankel Target entity description: Felix Wankel was a German engineer and inventor best known for creating the Wankel rotary internal combustion engine.
-
A.
Wilhelm Maybach
Wilhelm Maybach was a pioneering German engineer and industrialist best known for developing early high-performance automobile engines and co-founding the company that became Mercedes-Benz.
-
B.
August Horch
August Horch was a pioneering German engineer and automobile entrepreneur who founded both Horch and the company that later became Audi.
-
C.
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel was a German engineer and inventor best known for developing the diesel engine, a highly efficient internal combustion engine that revolutionized transportation and industry.
-
D.
Nicolaus Otto
Nicolaus Otto was a 19th-century German engineer best known for developing the four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the foundation of modern gasoline engines.
-
E.
Wilhelm Opel
Wilhelm Opel was a member of the Opel family who helped develop the German Opel company from a small family business into a major industrial enterprise.
- 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e25e3404288190a7106d62c15c3193 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a001fa16e3c81908a92225b5b57d711 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00219696dc8190bcce66c1eeb07561 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a002221fe7c819083c8ede5e63b0908 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.