Triple

T13551313
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Stevenson E323650 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “The Design and Construction of Harbours”
“The Design and Construction of Harbours” is a classic 19th-century engineering treatise by Thomas Stevenson that systematically outlines the principles and practical methods for planning, designing, and building maritime harbours.
E1047303 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: “The Design and Construction of Harbours” | Statement: [Thomas Stevenson, notableWork, “The Design and Construction of Harbours”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Design and Construction of Harbours”
Context triple: [Thomas Stevenson, notableWork, “The Design and Construction of Harbours”]
  • A. Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates
    “Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
  • B. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering
    The School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering is a specialized engineering school at Shanghai Jiao Tong University focused on shipbuilding, marine engineering, ocean engineering, and civil infrastructure.
  • C. Harbour and Shipping Committee
    The Harbour and Shipping Committee is a governing body within Sark’s Chief Pleas responsible for overseeing maritime affairs, including the island’s harbour operations and shipping-related matters.
  • D. Harbours Act (United Kingdom)
    The Harbours Act (United Kingdom) is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the establishment, governance, and operation of harbours and port authorities across the country.
  • E. Cleveland Harbor breakwaters
    The Cleveland Harbor breakwaters are large protective structures in Lake Erie that shield Cleveland’s harbor and shoreline from waves and storms, helping to maintain safe navigation and reduce coastal erosion.
  • 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: “The Design and Construction of Harbours”
Triple: [Thomas Stevenson, notableWork, “The Design and Construction of Harbours”]
Generated description
“The Design and Construction of Harbours” is a classic 19th-century engineering treatise by Thomas Stevenson that systematically outlines the principles and practical methods for planning, designing, and building maritime harbours.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Design and Construction of Harbours”
Target entity description: “The Design and Construction of Harbours” is a classic 19th-century engineering treatise by Thomas Stevenson that systematically outlines the principles and practical methods for planning, designing, and building maritime harbours.
  • A. Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates
    “Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
  • B. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering
    The School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering is a specialized engineering school at Shanghai Jiao Tong University focused on shipbuilding, marine engineering, ocean engineering, and civil infrastructure.
  • C. Harbour and Shipping Committee
    The Harbour and Shipping Committee is a governing body within Sark’s Chief Pleas responsible for overseeing maritime affairs, including the island’s harbour operations and shipping-related matters.
  • D. Harbours Act (United Kingdom)
    The Harbours Act (United Kingdom) is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the establishment, governance, and operation of harbours and port authorities across the country.
  • E. Cleveland Harbor breakwaters
    The Cleveland Harbor breakwaters are large protective structures in Lake Erie that shield Cleveland’s harbor and shoreline from waves and storms, helping to maintain safe navigation and reduce coastal erosion.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaff0a6548190b8cde5084cef0061 completed April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75da4e19c819090d649b60a2dd410 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75ec5101081909652b0c0998b36c8 completed May 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f4a3b0c81908c0ca0351771953b completed May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:46 p.m.