Triple

T12935375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elias Howe E309493 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object lockstitch sewing machine
The lockstitch sewing machine is a pioneering mechanical sewing device that uses interlocking upper and lower threads to create durable, uniform stitches and revolutionized garment production in the 19th century.
E1012042 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: lockstitch sewing machine | Statement: [Elias Howe, notableWork, lockstitch sewing machine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lockstitch sewing machine
Context triple: [Elias Howe, notableWork, lockstitch sewing machine]
  • A. Jacquard loom
    The Jacquard loom is an early 19th-century mechanical loom that used punched cards to control complex weaving patterns, laying crucial groundwork for later programmable machines and computer technology.
  • B. Singer Sewing Machine Company
    Singer Sewing Machine Company is an American manufacturer founded in the 19th century that became globally renowned for pioneering and mass-producing domestic and industrial sewing machines.
  • C. Ford sewing machinists
    The Ford sewing machinists were a group of women workers at Ford's Dagenham plant whose 1968 strike over unequal pay became a landmark event in the fight for gender pay equality in the UK.
  • D. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
    Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was a Japanese textile machinery company founded by Sakichi Toyoda that later gave rise to the Toyota automotive business.
  • E. spinning jenny
    The spinning jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that dramatically increased yarn production and helped transform textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • 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: lockstitch sewing machine
Triple: [Elias Howe, notableWork, lockstitch sewing machine]
Generated description
The lockstitch sewing machine is a pioneering mechanical sewing device that uses interlocking upper and lower threads to create durable, uniform stitches and revolutionized garment production in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lockstitch sewing machine
Target entity description: The lockstitch sewing machine is a pioneering mechanical sewing device that uses interlocking upper and lower threads to create durable, uniform stitches and revolutionized garment production in the 19th century.
  • A. Jacquard loom
    The Jacquard loom is an early 19th-century mechanical loom that used punched cards to control complex weaving patterns, laying crucial groundwork for later programmable machines and computer technology.
  • B. Singer Sewing Machine Company
    Singer Sewing Machine Company is an American manufacturer founded in the 19th century that became globally renowned for pioneering and mass-producing domestic and industrial sewing machines.
  • C. Ford sewing machinists
    The Ford sewing machinists were a group of women workers at Ford's Dagenham plant whose 1968 strike over unequal pay became a landmark event in the fight for gender pay equality in the UK.
  • D. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
    Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was a Japanese textile machinery company founded by Sakichi Toyoda that later gave rise to the Toyota automotive business.
  • E. spinning jenny
    The spinning jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that dramatically increased yarn production and helped transform textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • 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_69d7bdfa933c8190b5a27aa4a08a19b7 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97dc76d688190bd58a23351373666 completed April 10, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af6d16388190abc848ac67bf1fb9 completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b08df448819080c0a7b0921bcc9f completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b121fdb881909a9a321794a3b8f1 completed May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:42 p.m.