Triple

T8909390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timeball Tower E212141 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object British coastal time signal network
The British coastal time signal network was a 19th- and early 20th-century system of visual and audible signals at ports around the UK that allowed ships to accurately set their marine chronometers for safe and precise navigation.
E766600 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: British coastal time signal network | Statement: [Timeball Tower, partOf, British coastal time signal network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British coastal time signal network
Context triple: [Timeball Tower, partOf, British coastal time signal network]
  • A. Poldhu Wireless Station
    Poldhu Wireless Station was an early 20th-century radio transmission site in Cornwall, England, famous as the location from which Guglielmo Marconi conducted pioneering long-distance wireless telegraphy experiments, including the first transatlantic radio signal.
  • B. Blackhill Transmitting Station
    Blackhill Transmitting Station is a major broadcasting and telecommunications facility in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, known for its tall transmission mast serving central Scotland.
  • C. Bawdsey Research Station
    Bawdsey Research Station was a pioneering British radar research and development facility on the Suffolk coast that played a crucial role in the early development of air defense systems before and during World War II.
  • D. LORAN
    LORAN is a long-range terrestrial radio navigation system originally developed for maritime and aviation positioning before the advent of satellite-based GPS.
  • E. Thomson Marconi Sonar
    Thomson Marconi Sonar was a major European defense electronics company specializing in advanced sonar and underwater warfare systems for naval applications.
  • 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: British coastal time signal network
Triple: [Timeball Tower, partOf, British coastal time signal network]
Generated description
The British coastal time signal network was a 19th- and early 20th-century system of visual and audible signals at ports around the UK that allowed ships to accurately set their marine chronometers for safe and precise navigation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British coastal time signal network
Target entity description: The British coastal time signal network was a 19th- and early 20th-century system of visual and audible signals at ports around the UK that allowed ships to accurately set their marine chronometers for safe and precise navigation.
  • A. Poldhu Wireless Station
    Poldhu Wireless Station was an early 20th-century radio transmission site in Cornwall, England, famous as the location from which Guglielmo Marconi conducted pioneering long-distance wireless telegraphy experiments, including the first transatlantic radio signal.
  • B. Blackhill Transmitting Station
    Blackhill Transmitting Station is a major broadcasting and telecommunications facility in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, known for its tall transmission mast serving central Scotland.
  • C. Bawdsey Research Station
    Bawdsey Research Station was a pioneering British radar research and development facility on the Suffolk coast that played a crucial role in the early development of air defense systems before and during World War II.
  • D. LORAN
    LORAN is a long-range terrestrial radio navigation system originally developed for maritime and aviation positioning before the advent of satellite-based GPS.
  • E. Thomson Marconi Sonar
    Thomson Marconi Sonar was a major European defense electronics company specializing in advanced sonar and underwater warfare systems for naval applications.
  • 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_69ca839255248190b43984294abd92ae completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc65207bbc8190be181555b9564797 completed April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfba36f8cc8190ab57ddc99b7219d1 completed April 3, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfbade9330819096d4b0eeacdad6da completed April 3, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfbec2b8888190a0390168fdcef05f completed April 3, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:55 p.m.