Triple
T7403762
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Puffing Billy |
E170814
|
entity |
| Predicate | builtBy |
P972
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Hedley |
E662728
|
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: William Hedley | Statement: [Puffing Billy, builtBy, William Hedley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hedley Context triple: [Puffing Billy, builtBy, William Hedley]
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A.
William Hedley
chosen
William Hedley was an early 19th-century English engineer best known for pioneering steam locomotive design during the formative years of railway development.
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B.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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C.
William Rees
William Rees was a pioneering cinematographer and industry figure best known for helping establish the American Society of Cinematographers, a leading professional organization for directors of photography.
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D.
John Loder
John Loder was a British-born film and television actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, known for his roles in Hollywood and British cinema.
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E.
William Jessop
William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69c68a6010108190925e5284de022660 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f2701b108190be39174d4534f231 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8343c1b308190b4ba681158b54aba |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:10 p.m.