Triple

T14703929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Hackworth E345374 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)
Hackworth valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear, named after engineer Timothy Hackworth, that uses a simple, adjustable slotted link mechanism to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
E371412 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: Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association) | Statement: [Timothy Hackworth, hasPart, Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)
Context triple: [Timothy Hackworth, hasPart, Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)]
  • A. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • B. Bellows
    Bellows is a surname most notably associated with American realist painter George Bellows, renowned for his dynamic depictions of urban life and boxing scenes in the early 20th century.
  • C. Wheeler Lock
    Wheeler Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama that helps vessels bypass Wheeler Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s waterway system.
  • D. Walschaerts
    Walschaerts valve gear is a widely used steam locomotive valve gear mechanism, developed in the 19th century, that precisely controls steam admission and exhaust to the cylinders.
  • E. Whitworth screw thread system
    The Whitworth screw thread system is a standardized screw thread form introduced in the 19th century that became one of the first widely adopted engineering standards for fasteners in Britain and internationally.
  • 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: Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)
Triple: [Timothy Hackworth, hasPart, Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)]
Generated description
Hackworth valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear, named after engineer Timothy Hackworth, that uses a simple, adjustable slotted link mechanism to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hackworth valve gear (eponymous design association)
Target entity description: Hackworth valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear, named after engineer Timothy Hackworth, that uses a simple, adjustable slotted link mechanism to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
  • A. Fleming valve
    The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
  • B. Bellows
    Bellows is a surname most notably associated with American realist painter George Bellows, renowned for his dynamic depictions of urban life and boxing scenes in the early 20th century.
  • C. Wheeler Lock
    Wheeler Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama that helps vessels bypass Wheeler Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s waterway system.
  • D. Walschaerts chosen
    Walschaerts valve gear is a widely used steam locomotive valve gear mechanism, developed in the 19th century, that precisely controls steam admission and exhaust to the cylinders.
  • E. Whitworth screw thread system
    The Whitworth screw thread system is a standardized screw thread form introduced in the 19th century that became one of the first widely adopted engineering standards for fasteners in Britain and internationally.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb6071e5c8190bb5509c859135c2d completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf0861c308190af0b5da403ecb321 completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf368782c8190825247435eab2045 completed May 8, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf3fe50ac8190ad5529427472eda3 completed May 8, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.