Triple
T718808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rumford, Maine |
E14369
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford was an 18th-century American-born British physicist, inventor, and statesman known for his pioneering work on heat and thermodynamics as well as social and military reforms.
|
E85428
|
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: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford | Statement: [Rumford, Maine, namedAfter, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford Context triple: [Rumford, Maine, namedAfter, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford]
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A.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century British politician and diplomat best known for representing Britain in negotiating and signing the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
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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.
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C.
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century British natural philosopher and chemist best known for discovering hydrogen and precisely measuring the density of the Earth.
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D.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
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E.
Joseph Black
Joseph Black was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist renowned for his pioneering work on latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide, which laid foundations for modern thermodynamics and physical chemistry.
- 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: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford Triple: [Rumford, Maine, namedAfter, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford]
Generated description
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford was an 18th-century American-born British physicist, inventor, and statesman known for his pioneering work on heat and thermodynamics as well as social and military reforms.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford Target entity description: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford was an 18th-century American-born British physicist, inventor, and statesman known for his pioneering work on heat and thermodynamics as well as social and military reforms.
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A.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century British politician and diplomat best known for representing Britain in negotiating and signing the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
-
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.
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century British natural philosopher and chemist best known for discovering hydrogen and precisely measuring the density of the Earth.
-
D.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
-
E.
Joseph Black
Joseph Black was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist renowned for his pioneering work on latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide, which laid foundations for modern thermodynamics and physical chemistry.
- 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a58d4c3c8190ad4527d14bca5e6e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcb77bc481909d79542001fafbd2 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5de57bbec81908a5d1202299194f4 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a60952c6388190a23a178d695eec6e |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.