Triple
T21550558
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire |
E531748
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Thomson |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: William Thomson | Statement: [Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire, influenced, William Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomson Context triple: [Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire, influenced, William Thomson]
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A.
Lord Kelvin
chosen
Lord Kelvin was a pioneering 19th-century physicist and engineer best known for his work on thermodynamics and the absolute temperature scale that bears his name.
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B.
James Maxwell
James Maxwell was a British architect known for designing prominent late 19th-century structures, including the iconic Blackpool Tower.
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C.
John Watt
John Watt is a member of the Watt family, known for producing multiple professional American football players including Derek Watt and his brothers.
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D.
Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson was a British character actor known for his dignified, often aristocratic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Walter Watt
Walter Watt is an American local government official serving as the mayor of Muskegon Heights, Michigan.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0c460232c81908de2c3819d17c00e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eeb59258b88190966c18f1f519dad6 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 1:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:28 p.m.