Triple
T8051139
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sturgeon |
E187674
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William E. Sturgeon |
E706587
|
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 E. Sturgeon | Statement: [Sturgeon, hasNotableBearer, William E. Sturgeon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William E. Sturgeon Context triple: [Sturgeon, hasNotableBearer, William E. Sturgeon]
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A.
William Sturgeon
chosen
William Sturgeon was a 19th-century English physicist and inventor best known for creating the first practical electromagnet and contributing significantly to early electrical engineering.
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B.
Elihu Thomson
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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C.
Charles F. Brush
Charles F. Brush was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering electric arc lighting and early electrical power systems.
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D.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.
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E.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
- 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_69ca82b15e948190a62fd7af5218426a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3f799d1481909c91039941af0e34 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce1c750c7c81908ad680f942bcbe9c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:24 p.m.