Triple
T780144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elihu Thomson |
E16477
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Elihu Thomson |
E16477
|
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: Elihu Thomson | Statement: [Elihu Thomson, fullName, Elihu Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elihu Thomson Context triple: [Elihu Thomson, fullName, Elihu Thomson]
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A.
Elihu Thomson
chosen
Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
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B.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
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C.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
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D.
Alexander Lyman Holley
Alexander Lyman Holley was a prominent 19th-century American mechanical engineer and steel industry pioneer who helped introduce and advance the Bessemer process in the United States.
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E.
Charles F. Kettering
Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
- 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a750c6708190a3f2c3abf16b4ea4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7c009d5048190b2a137b6ed8b60ec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.