Triple

T305597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Audion E6290 entity
Predicate improvedUpon P6555 FINISHED
Object Fleming valve
The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
E39372 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Fleming valve | Statement: [Audion, improvedUpon, Fleming valve]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fleming valve
Context triple: [Audion, improvedUpon, Fleming valve]
  • A. Westinghouse air brake system
    The Westinghouse air brake system is a pioneering railway braking technology that greatly improved the safety and control of trains by using compressed air to apply brakes simultaneously across all cars.
  • B. GKN Sankey
    GKN Sankey was a British engineering and manufacturing company best known for producing military vehicles and automotive components.
  • C. Hoover
    Hoover is a surname most prominently associated with Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States.
  • D. Fleming
    Fleming is a surname most famously associated with Ian Fleming, the British author who created the James Bond spy novels.
  • E. Philortyx
    Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
  • 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: Fleming valve
Triple: [Audion, improvedUpon, Fleming valve]
Generated description
The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fleming valve
Target entity description: The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • A. Westinghouse air brake system
    The Westinghouse air brake system is a pioneering railway braking technology that greatly improved the safety and control of trains by using compressed air to apply brakes simultaneously across all cars.
  • B. GKN Sankey
    GKN Sankey was a British engineering and manufacturing company best known for producing military vehicles and automotive components.
  • C. Hoover
    Hoover is a surname most prominently associated with Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States.
  • D. Fleming
    Fleming is a surname most famously associated with Ian Fleming, the British author who created the James Bond spy novels.
  • E. Philortyx
    Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: improvedUpon
Context triple: [Audion, improvedUpon, Fleming valve]
  • A. improvesOn chosen
    Indicates that one entity enhances, refines, or performs better than another entity, typically by addressing its limitations or increasing its effectiveness.
  • B. updated
    Indicates that an entity has been modified or brought to a more recent state compared to its previous version or status.
  • C. increases
    Indicates that one entity causes another entity’s value, level, or intensity to become larger or higher.
  • D. hasUpgrade
    Indicates that one entity possesses, includes, or is associated with an improved or enhanced version of another entity.
  • E. amendedBy
    Indicates that one entity has been modified, revised, or updated as a result of changes made by another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea11c4908190a8723033bdf6f479 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b077a6808190aedb6e347cb749f2 completed March 1, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b14ff54481909d37f03ea2d6b455 completed March 1, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b1b81ad88190ad65622d7a664002 completed March 1, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e93db11881909b07ba5e76d91feb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.