Triple
T2738402
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Telford Bridge |
E60686
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford was a pioneering 18th–19th century Scottish civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridges, canals, and roads across Britain.
|
E297928
|
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: Thomas Telford | Statement: [Telford Bridge, designer, Thomas Telford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Telford Context triple: [Telford Bridge, designer, Thomas Telford]
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A.
James Brindley
James Brindley was an 18th-century English engineer renowned for pioneering canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
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C.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
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D.
John Rennie the Younger
John Rennie the Younger was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for completing major projects such as London Bridge and continuing the work of his father, John Rennie the Elder.
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E.
Joseph Bazalgette
Joseph Bazalgette was a 19th-century English civil engineer best known for designing London's revolutionary sewer system that helped eradicate cholera and modernize the city’s infrastructure.
- 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: Thomas Telford Triple: [Telford Bridge, designer, Thomas Telford]
Generated description
Thomas Telford was a pioneering 18th–19th century Scottish civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridges, canals, and roads across Britain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Telford Target entity description: Thomas Telford was a pioneering 18th–19th century Scottish civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridges, canals, and roads across Britain.
-
A.
James Brindley
James Brindley was an 18th-century English engineer renowned for pioneering canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
-
B.
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
-
C.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
-
D.
John Rennie the Younger
John Rennie the Younger was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for completing major projects such as London Bridge and continuing the work of his father, John Rennie the Elder.
-
E.
Joseph Bazalgette
Joseph Bazalgette was a 19th-century English civil engineer best known for designing London's revolutionary sewer system that helped eradicate cholera and modernize the city’s infrastructure.
- 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_69ab4b77febc819095603eb012cd141b |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdb147a588190829b74fe05b3a114 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc039a9988190a01036b15a19be6c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc188b76481909c6ccb49f49b1a26 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc202466c81908c300520173837dc |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.