Triple

T5161969
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lewis machine gun E116455 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Isaac Newton Lewis
Isaac Newton Lewis was an American Army officer and inventor best known for creating the widely used Lewis machine gun in the early 20th century.
E499072 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: Isaac Newton Lewis | Statement: [Lewis machine gun, designer, Isaac Newton Lewis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaac Newton Lewis
Context triple: [Lewis machine gun, designer, Isaac Newton Lewis]
  • A. Thomas Frankland Lewis
    Thomas Frankland Lewis was a 19th-century British politician and public servant known for his work on poor law reform and parliamentary inquiries.
  • B. Edward Hodges Baily
    Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
  • C. Samuel Jackman Prescod
    Samuel Jackman Prescod was a pioneering Barbadian politician, journalist, and social reformer who became one of the first non-white members of the colonial legislature and a key advocate for the rights of freed slaves in Barbados.
  • D. John Watts
    John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
  • E. George Cowan
    George Cowan was an American physical chemist and philanthropist best known for his work on the Manhattan Project and for founding the interdisciplinary research center, the Santa Fe Institute.
  • 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: Isaac Newton Lewis
Triple: [Lewis machine gun, designer, Isaac Newton Lewis]
Generated description
Isaac Newton Lewis was an American Army officer and inventor best known for creating the widely used Lewis machine gun in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaac Newton Lewis
Target entity description: Isaac Newton Lewis was an American Army officer and inventor best known for creating the widely used Lewis machine gun in the early 20th century.
  • A. Thomas Frankland Lewis
    Thomas Frankland Lewis was a 19th-century British politician and public servant known for his work on poor law reform and parliamentary inquiries.
  • B. Edward Hodges Baily
    Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
  • C. Samuel Jackman Prescod
    Samuel Jackman Prescod was a pioneering Barbadian politician, journalist, and social reformer who became one of the first non-white members of the colonial legislature and a key advocate for the rights of freed slaves in Barbados.
  • D. John Watts
    John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
  • E. George Cowan
    George Cowan was an American physical chemist and philanthropist best known for his work on the Manhattan Project and for founding the interdisciplinary research center, the Santa Fe Institute.
  • 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_69bd445edb3881909b93b34d260717fc completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd79268ea48190a22d3350babc153c completed March 20, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bed92eaed88190bfea287da442d376 completed March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed98c9acc8190a55ad027e659f8c2 completed March 21, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed9f4d6cc8190a5bc9732958c41d4 completed March 21, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.