Triple
T14917284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walschaerts valve gear |
E371412
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Egide Walschaerts
Egide Walschaerts was a 19th-century Belgian mechanical engineer best known for inventing the widely used Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives.
|
E1126783
|
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: Egide Walschaerts | Statement: [Walschaerts valve gear, namedAfter, Egide Walschaerts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egide Walschaerts Context triple: [Walschaerts valve gear, namedAfter, Egide Walschaerts]
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A.
Nicolas Lenoir
Nicolas Lenoir was a French architect best known for designing the historic Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris.
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B.
Émile de Girardin
Émile de Girardin was a pioneering 19th-century French journalist and politician who revolutionized the press by developing mass-circulation, low-cost newspapers funded largely by advertising.
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C.
Urbain Durand
Urbain Durand was a French Jesuit missionary known for his work in China during the 18th century.
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D.
Adolphe Clément
Adolphe Clément was a French industrialist and pioneer of the early automobile and bicycle industries, known for his influential role in the development of motorized transport and related enterprises.
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E.
Louis de Mollier
Louis de Mollier was a 17th-century French dancing master and choreographer known for his influence on early French ballet, including teaching the notable choreographer Pierre Beauchamp.
- 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: Egide Walschaerts Triple: [Walschaerts valve gear, namedAfter, Egide Walschaerts]
Generated description
Egide Walschaerts was a 19th-century Belgian mechanical engineer best known for inventing the widely used Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egide Walschaerts Target entity description: Egide Walschaerts was a 19th-century Belgian mechanical engineer best known for inventing the widely used Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives.
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A.
Nicolas Lenoir
Nicolas Lenoir was a French architect best known for designing the historic Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris.
-
B.
Émile de Girardin
Émile de Girardin was a pioneering 19th-century French journalist and politician who revolutionized the press by developing mass-circulation, low-cost newspapers funded largely by advertising.
-
C.
Urbain Durand
Urbain Durand was a French Jesuit missionary known for his work in China during the 18th century.
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D.
Adolphe Clément
Adolphe Clément was a French industrialist and pioneer of the early automobile and bicycle industries, known for his influential role in the development of motorized transport and related enterprises.
-
E.
Louis de Mollier
Louis de Mollier was a 17th-century French dancing master and choreographer known for his influence on early French ballet, including teaching the notable choreographer Pierre Beauchamp.
- 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_69d85cc7ea3481908228b5acb7d06f12 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded62038508190946499cd3552990e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe72bf2120819099df39bdc1da691b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe7360c11481908e2e5127b466e31b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe743c37308190a045ef5f0ade8508 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:32 a.m.