Triple

T19425860
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject D. Appleton & Company E485977 entity
Predicate published P80 FINISHED
Object Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia
Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia was a yearly reference work from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that compiled articles on current events, notable people, and developments in science, politics, and culture.
E1375325 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: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia | Statement: [D. Appleton & Company, published, Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia
Context triple: [D. Appleton & Company, published, Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia]
  • A. The New American Cyclopaedia
    The New American Cyclopaedia is a 19th-century multi-volume general encyclopedia, widely used in the United States and co-edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana.
  • B. Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
    Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is an early 18th-century English encyclopedia by Ephraim Chambers that became a foundational work of Enlightenment scholarship and a model for later encyclopedic projects.
  • C. Bentley's Miscellany
    Bentley's Miscellany was a 19th-century British literary magazine known for publishing fiction, essays, and early works by prominent Victorian authors.
  • D. The American Boy’s Handy Book
    The American Boy’s Handy Book is a classic late-19th-century guide filled with outdoor projects, crafts, and activities designed to teach boys practical skills and encourage creativity and self-reliance.
  • E. Cycloped
    Cycloped was an early experimental steam-powered road locomotive that took part in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, a key competition in the development of railway engines.
  • 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: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia
Triple: [D. Appleton & Company, published, Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia]
Generated description
Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia was a yearly reference work from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that compiled articles on current events, notable people, and developments in science, politics, and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia
Target entity description: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia was a yearly reference work from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that compiled articles on current events, notable people, and developments in science, politics, and culture.
  • A. The New American Cyclopaedia
    The New American Cyclopaedia is a 19th-century multi-volume general encyclopedia, widely used in the United States and co-edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana.
  • B. Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
    Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is an early 18th-century English encyclopedia by Ephraim Chambers that became a foundational work of Enlightenment scholarship and a model for later encyclopedic projects.
  • C. Bentley's Miscellany
    Bentley's Miscellany was a 19th-century British literary magazine known for publishing fiction, essays, and early works by prominent Victorian authors.
  • D. The American Boy’s Handy Book
    The American Boy’s Handy Book is a classic late-19th-century guide filled with outdoor projects, crafts, and activities designed to teach boys practical skills and encourage creativity and self-reliance.
  • E. Cycloped
    Cycloped was an early experimental steam-powered road locomotive that took part in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, a key competition in the development of railway engines.
  • 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_69d8e8d688f881909c85104a62e09d8a completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63218772c8190a48b6cb01bd12b73 completed April 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0733d68614819093078d34753ab83d completed May 15, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a073491b60c8190a41a15410e865219 completed May 15, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a073545b2e48190a8cb78cb25785017 completed May 15, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.