Triple
T2645178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Watt steam engine |
E62965
|
entity |
| Predicate | commercializedBy |
P785
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boulton & Watt |
E125634
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Boulton & Watt | Statement: [Watt steam engine, commercializedBy, Boulton & Watt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton & Watt Context triple: [Watt steam engine, commercializedBy, Boulton & Watt]
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A.
Boulton and Watt
chosen
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.
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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.
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
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D.
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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E.
Arkwright
Arkwright is a small village in the town of Coventry in Providence County, Rhode Island, historically known as a 19th-century mill community.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: commercializedBy Context triple: [Watt steam engine, commercializedBy, Boulton & Watt]
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A.
commercializedIn
Indicates that something has been brought to market or made available for commercial sale or use within a specified place or context.
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B.
commercialized
chosen
Indicates that something has been developed, marketed, or exploited for profit in a commercial context.
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C.
marketedBy
Indicates that one entity is promoted, advertised, or commercially presented to customers by another entity.
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D.
marketedFrom
Indicates that a product, service, or offering began to be marketed starting from a specified time or date.
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E.
commercialProduct
Indicates that one entity is a product or service offered for sale or commercial use by another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abd814298c8190952f05aed43f6bb8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.