Triple
T178259
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lunar Society of Birmingham |
E3622
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E23187
|
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: James Watt Jr. | Statement: [Lunar Society of Birmingham, hasMember, James Watt Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Watt Jr. Context triple: [Lunar Society of Birmingham, hasMember, James Watt Jr.]
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A.
James Watt
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.
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton was an influential 18th-century English manufacturer and industrialist, best known for his partnership with James Watt in developing and commercializing steam engines during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
- 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: James Watt Jr. Triple: [Lunar Society of Birmingham, hasMember, James Watt Jr.]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Watt Jr. Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
James Watt
James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
-
B.
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton was an influential 18th-century English manufacturer and industrialist, best known for his partnership with James Watt in developing and commercializing steam engines during the Industrial Revolution.
-
C.
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
-
D.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
-
E.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a258fe7bb08190a56f4a54cadd2fef |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2fa7c7a288190bc547d5e7010732b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2fb52104881908fb78842af09bf0e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2fc081c8c8190a37abb5fbcc7c335 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.