Triple

T849816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Diary of Samuel Pepys E18358 entity
Predicate shorthandSystem P6517 FINISHED
Object Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton
Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton is a 17th-century English shorthand system widely used for rapid writing, notably employed by Samuel Pepys to record his famous diary.
E99364 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton | Statement: [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, shorthandSystem, Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton
Context triple: [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, shorthandSystem, Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton]
  • A. Flying Pencil
    Flying Pencil is the nickname of the German Dornier Do 17, a slender-fuselage light bomber used by the Luftwaffe during the early years of World War II.
  • B. Tapestry
    Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
  • C. Sinclair
    Sinclair is a common Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across sports, politics, literature, and entertainment.
  • D. The Graphic
    The Graphic was a British illustrated weekly newspaper of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its high-quality artwork and influential social commentary.
  • E. The Whitaker
    The Whitaker is a museum and art gallery in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, showcasing local history, contemporary exhibitions, and community events within a historic house and park setting.
  • 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: Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton
Triple: [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, shorthandSystem, Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton]
Generated description
Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton is a 17th-century English shorthand system widely used for rapid writing, notably employed by Samuel Pepys to record his famous diary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton
Target entity description: Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton is a 17th-century English shorthand system widely used for rapid writing, notably employed by Samuel Pepys to record his famous diary.
  • A. Flying Pencil
    Flying Pencil is the nickname of the German Dornier Do 17, a slender-fuselage light bomber used by the Luftwaffe during the early years of World War II.
  • B. Tapestry
    Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
  • C. Sinclair
    Sinclair is a common Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across sports, politics, literature, and entertainment.
  • D. The Graphic
    The Graphic was a British illustrated weekly newspaper of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its high-quality artwork and influential social commentary.
  • E. The Whitaker
    The Whitaker is a museum and art gallery in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, showcasing local history, contemporary exhibitions, and community events within a historic house and park setting.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: shorthandSystem
Context triple: [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, shorthandSystem, Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton]
  • A. notationSystem chosen
    Indicates a relationship where one entity is the system or method of notation used to represent or encode another entity.
  • B. hasShortTitle
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a brief or abbreviated title.
  • C. significantlyShortensRouteBetween
    Indicates that one entity provides a connection between two others that makes the path or travel distance between them substantially shorter than alternative routes.
  • D. rinkType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of rink associated with an entity (e.g., ice rink, roller rink, practice rink).
  • E. establishesAbbreviation
    Indicates that one entity defines or introduces an abbreviated form that stands for another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac1fac3481909cba7070ce31a9b3 completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a792a0666c8190bfc9166d45b4e867 completed March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a793563cc881909381f898f240c0bd completed March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7941add588190913198a7f7b20943 completed March 4, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4aa807adc8190ad808a573cf8e923 completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.