Triple

T2645147
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watt steam engine E62965 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Newcomen atmospheric engine
The Newcomen atmospheric engine was an early 18th-century steam-powered pumping engine used primarily to remove water from mines, representing one of the first practical applications of steam power in industry.
E285462 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: Newcomen atmospheric engine | Statement: [Watt steam engine, basedOn, Newcomen atmospheric engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newcomen atmospheric engine
Context triple: [Watt steam engine, basedOn, Newcomen atmospheric engine]
  • A. Watt steam engine
    The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Stephenson's Rocket
    Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
  • C. Worthington direct-acting steam pump
    The Worthington direct-acting steam pump is a pioneering 19th-century steam-powered pumping machine that became widely used for municipal water supply, industry, and marine applications due to its reliability and efficiency.
  • D. Arkwright
    Arkwright is a small village in the town of Coventry in Providence County, Rhode Island, historically known as a 19th-century mill community.
  • E. Boulton and Watt
    Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the 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: Newcomen atmospheric engine
Triple: [Watt steam engine, basedOn, Newcomen atmospheric engine]
Generated description
The Newcomen atmospheric engine was an early 18th-century steam-powered pumping engine used primarily to remove water from mines, representing one of the first practical applications of steam power in industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newcomen atmospheric engine
Target entity description: The Newcomen atmospheric engine was an early 18th-century steam-powered pumping engine used primarily to remove water from mines, representing one of the first practical applications of steam power in industry.
  • A. Watt steam engine
    The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Stephenson's Rocket
    Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
  • C. Worthington direct-acting steam pump
    The Worthington direct-acting steam pump is a pioneering 19th-century steam-powered pumping machine that became widely used for municipal water supply, industry, and marine applications due to its reliability and efficiency.
  • D. Arkwright
    Arkwright is a small village in the town of Coventry in Providence County, Rhode Island, historically known as a 19th-century mill community.
  • E. Boulton and Watt
    Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the 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_69ab4c3f2dcc819082df80f5e032f690 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd917192081908e7a2cf780a17b83 completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98c50d108190b716dd51c34d3759 completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af9952a95881908d01aa13f5feef43 completed March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af99e68f10819094d758d3a4bc2e9c completed March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.