Triple

T259199
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bridgewater Canal E5502 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and pioneering canal builder whose investments in inland waterways helped spark the Industrial Revolution in England.
E33737 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: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater | Statement: [Bridgewater Canal, namedAfter, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Context triple: [Bridgewater Canal, namedAfter, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Josiah Wedgwood I
    Josiah Wedgwood I was an influential 18th-century English potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist whose innovations helped transform pottery into a modern industrial art and business.
  • C. Josiah Wedgwood II
    Josiah Wedgwood II was an English industrialist, politician, and member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family, known for managing the Wedgwood pottery firm and serving as a Whig Member of Parliament.
  • D. Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
    Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notable as the son of Robert Clive (“Clive of India”) and for serving as Governor of Madras.
  • E. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
    John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, was a British soldier and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was the elder son of the prominent statesman William Pitt the Elder.
  • 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: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Triple: [Bridgewater Canal, namedAfter, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater]
Generated description
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and pioneering canal builder whose investments in inland waterways helped spark the Industrial Revolution in England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Target entity description: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and pioneering canal builder whose investments in inland waterways helped spark the Industrial Revolution in England.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Josiah Wedgwood I
    Josiah Wedgwood I was an influential 18th-century English potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist whose innovations helped transform pottery into a modern industrial art and business.
  • C. Josiah Wedgwood II
    Josiah Wedgwood II was an English industrialist, politician, and member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family, known for managing the Wedgwood pottery firm and serving as a Whig Member of Parliament.
  • D. Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
    Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notable as the son of Robert Clive (“Clive of India”) and for serving as Governor of Madras.
  • E. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
    John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, was a British soldier and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was the elder son of the prominent statesman William Pitt the Elder.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d71a10c8190894c86e7a67c5974 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3837622cc819096df20695413b5c0 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38470215c8190b6541ab567ca5721 completed March 1, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a384cbfbec81909a3ae67f51dadfb3 completed March 1, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.