Triple
T10367984
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind |
E244303
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainSubject |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Kamkwamba
William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author best known for building a wind turbine from scrap materials as a teenager to power his village, a story told in his memoir "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."
|
E860670
|
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: William Kamkwamba | Statement: [The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, mainSubject, William Kamkwamba]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kamkwamba Context triple: [The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, mainSubject, William Kamkwamba]
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A.
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson was an influential American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose innovative single-string solo style helped shape modern blues and early electric guitar playing.
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B.
Boyan Slat
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and environmental entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, a project developing technologies to remove plastic pollution from the world’s oceans and rivers.
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C.
Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen is an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating the Segway and numerous medical technologies, and for founding the FIRST robotics competition to inspire young people in science and engineering.
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D.
Christopher Cockerell
Christopher Cockerell was a British engineer and inventor best known for creating the hovercraft.
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E.
Hermann Nicoli
Hermann Nicoli is a Brazilian model best known for his long-term relationship with South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel.
- 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: William Kamkwamba Triple: [The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, mainSubject, William Kamkwamba]
Generated description
William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author best known for building a wind turbine from scrap materials as a teenager to power his village, a story told in his memoir "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kamkwamba Target entity description: William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author best known for building a wind turbine from scrap materials as a teenager to power his village, a story told in his memoir "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."
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A.
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson was an influential American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose innovative single-string solo style helped shape modern blues and early electric guitar playing.
-
B.
Boyan Slat
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and environmental entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, a project developing technologies to remove plastic pollution from the world’s oceans and rivers.
-
C.
Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen is an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating the Segway and numerous medical technologies, and for founding the FIRST robotics competition to inspire young people in science and engineering.
-
D.
Christopher Cockerell
Christopher Cockerell was a British engineer and inventor best known for creating the hovercraft.
-
E.
Hermann Nicoli
Hermann Nicoli is a Brazilian model best known for his long-term relationship with South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel.
- 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_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e97106448190a075948e63184f47 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d79546b078819089dec7628c95a681 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d7bdde34408190a047ede29b91e182 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d7e5fc6a008190b2a2326840074b53 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, noon