Triple
T8975522
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Edward Hughes |
E214376
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableInvention |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hughes telegraph system |
E768953
|
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: Hughes telegraph system | Statement: [David Edward Hughes, notableInvention, Hughes telegraph system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hughes telegraph system Context triple: [David Edward Hughes, notableInvention, Hughes telegraph system]
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A.
Hughes telegraph system
chosen
The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th century.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Pacific Telegraph Company
The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
- 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_69ca839ea8b88190922c6a326ffcc0d3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6784d1808190899c980f76084ff8 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:32 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfdb8de5e081909cce650a0b299e85 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:02 p.m.