Triple

T505242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Watt E10488 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object 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.
 E62965 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: Watt steam engine | Statement: [James Watt, notableWork, Watt steam engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Watt steam engine
Context triple: [James Watt, notableWork, Watt steam engine]
  • A. spinning jenny
    The spinning jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that dramatically increased yarn production and helped transform textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Samuel Crompton
    Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Richard Arkwright
    Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
  • E. The Whitworth
    The Whitworth is a prominent art gallery and museum in Manchester, England, renowned for its collections of fine art, textiles, and wallpapers and its integration with the surrounding park.
  • 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: Watt steam engine
Triple: [James Watt, notableWork, Watt steam engine]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Watt steam engine
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. spinning jenny
    The spinning jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that dramatically increased yarn production and helped transform textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Samuel Crompton
    Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Richard Arkwright
    Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
  • E. The Whitworth
    The Whitworth is a prominent art gallery and museum in Manchester, England, renowned for its collections of fine art, textiles, and wallpapers and its integration with the surrounding park.
  • 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a48a7b71848190ab3e69fc84779301 completed March 1, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a48c1329f0819093fa4eb579075243 completed March 1, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a48c688fcc81909d79068875b89aee completed March 1, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.