Triple
T1042567
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Matthew Boulton |
E22499
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boulton and Watt |
E125634
|
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: Boulton and Watt | Statement: [Matthew Boulton, employer, Boulton and Watt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton and Watt Context triple: [Matthew Boulton, employer, Boulton and Watt]
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A.
Boulton and Watt
chosen
Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
James Watt
James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
James Watt Jr.
James Watt Jr. was a British businessman and intellectual, known for managing his father James Watt’s steam engine business and participating in the scientific and industrial circles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton was an influential 18th-century English manufacturer and industrialist, best known for his partnership with James Watt in developing and commercializing steam engines during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b845fa8c8190a7b69629883b62e2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac538495e481908765083404b9c428 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.