Triple
T7805312
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Wheatstone |
E180533
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
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E694374
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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: Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph | Statement: [Charles Wheatstone, notableWork, Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph Context triple: [Charles Wheatstone, notableWork, Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph]
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A.
transcontinental telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was the first coast-to-coast telegraph system in the United States, enabling near-instant communication across the country and rendering long-distance mail services like the Pony Express obsolete.
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B.
Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
"Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs" is the subject heading for the portion of U.S. federal law that governs wire and radio communication systems and services.
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C.
Charles Wheatstone (historical)
Charles Wheatstone was a 19th-century English scientist and inventor best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and electrical measurement, including the Wheatstone bridge.
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D.
Alfred Vail
Alfred Vail was an American inventor and machinist who played a crucial role in developing and improving the electric telegraph and Morse code alongside Samuel Morse.
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E.
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske was the 19th-century telegraph construction workshop founded by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske that evolved into the core of the modern Siemens industrial conglomerate.
- 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: Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph Triple: [Charles Wheatstone, notableWork, Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph]
Generated description
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph Target entity description: The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
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A.
transcontinental telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was the first coast-to-coast telegraph system in the United States, enabling near-instant communication across the country and rendering long-distance mail services like the Pony Express obsolete.
-
B.
Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
"Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs" is the subject heading for the portion of U.S. federal law that governs wire and radio communication systems and services.
-
C.
Charles Wheatstone (historical)
Charles Wheatstone was a 19th-century English scientist and inventor best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and electrical measurement, including the Wheatstone bridge.
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D.
Alfred Vail
Alfred Vail was an American inventor and machinist who played a crucial role in developing and improving the electric telegraph and Morse code alongside Samuel Morse.
-
E.
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske was the 19th-century telegraph construction workshop founded by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske that evolved into the core of the modern Siemens industrial conglomerate.
- 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_69ca827e50cc8190a92a733577184938 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69caf63838b88190a085756db9ca25c4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb14439c8081908331caf450462a0e |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cb1638c9888190be533d55fd0b494f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cb1a49beb4819090532acabb9391b1 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:35 p.m.