Triple

T545953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Watson-Watt E12732 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object National Physical Laboratory
The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.
E68807 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: National Physical Laboratory | Statement: [Robert Watson-Watt, employer, National Physical Laboratory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Physical Laboratory
Context triple: [Robert Watson-Watt, employer, National Physical Laboratory]
  • A. Cavendish Laboratory
    Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.
  • B. National Physical Laboratory of India
    The National Physical Laboratory of India is the country’s premier national metrology institute, responsible for maintaining national measurement standards and providing high-precision time and frequency services.
  • C. Lewis Laboratory
    Lewis Laboratory is a NASA research facility historically focused on aeronautics and rocket propulsion, now part of the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • D. Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
    The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre is a research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge focused on advancing engineering design methods, tools, and practice across academia and industry.
  • E. International Bureau of Weights and Measures
    The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is an international organization that maintains the global system of units (SI) and ensures worldwide uniformity of measurements and time standards.
  • 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: National Physical Laboratory
Triple: [Robert Watson-Watt, employer, National Physical Laboratory]
Generated description
The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Physical Laboratory
Target entity description: The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.
  • A. Cavendish Laboratory
    Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.
  • B. National Physical Laboratory of India
    The National Physical Laboratory of India is the country’s premier national metrology institute, responsible for maintaining national measurement standards and providing high-precision time and frequency services.
  • C. Lewis Laboratory
    Lewis Laboratory is a NASA research facility historically focused on aeronautics and rocket propulsion, now part of the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • D. Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
    The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre is a research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge focused on advancing engineering design methods, tools, and practice across academia and industry.
  • E. International Bureau of Weights and Measures
    The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is an international organization that maintains the global system of units (SI) and ensures worldwide uniformity of measurements and time standards.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a498e150e88190b35b1bc7a376ca07 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4e02e0c1c81908fcb5356dc2b8f97 completed March 2, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4e124306c8190bce165e684507553 completed March 2, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4e1e73b0c8190b4f050f76f8e58de completed March 2, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.