Triple
T3786089
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | cotton gin |
E85533
|
entity |
| Predicate | inventedBy |
P632
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Eli Whitney |
E13890
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Eli Whitney | Statement: [cotton gin, inventedBy, Eli Whitney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eli Whitney Context triple: [cotton gin, inventedBy, Eli Whitney]
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A.
Eli Whitney
chosen
Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for creating the cotton gin, a device that revolutionized cotton processing and greatly impacted the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Elias Howe
Elias Howe was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating and patenting an early practical sewing machine, which revolutionized the garment industry.
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C.
Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell was an American industrialist whose innovations in textile manufacturing and factory organization helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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D.
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture.
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E.
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor best known for developing the first commercially successful steamboat in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee42d2bc88190ab85529fcd1aa20a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b503eca8408190ae35aeffc2dc1e6c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m.