Triple

T14917310
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walschaerts valve gear E371412 entity
Predicate distinctionFrom P1612 FINISHED
Object Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames
Stephenson valve gear is an early and widely used type of steam locomotive valve gear mounted between the frames, employing eccentrics on the driving axle to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
E1126785 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: Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames | Statement: [Walschaerts valve gear, distinctionFrom, Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames
Context triple: [Walschaerts valve gear, distinctionFrom, Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames]
  • A. Climax geared steam locomotive on the Durbin Rocket
    The Climax geared steam locomotive on the Durbin Rocket is a historic, gear-driven logging engine preserved in tourist service on West Virginia’s Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  • B. Cab-forward steam locomotives
    Cab-forward steam locomotives were a distinctive type of steam engine with the crew cab placed at the front of the locomotive to improve visibility and reduce smoke exposure, most famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad in mountainous terrain.
  • C. Forney locomotive
    The Forney locomotive is a compact 19th-century steam tank locomotive type, notable for its rigid wheelbase and rear-mounted fuel and water tanks, widely used on urban elevated and commuter railways.
  • D. steam engine house (Maschinenhaus)
    The steam engine house (Maschinenhaus) in Babelsberg Park is a historic 19th-century pumping station built in a romantic, castle-like style to supply water to the park’s fountains and landscape features.
  • E. Lion steam locomotive
    The Lion steam locomotive is a preserved early 19th-century British steam engine famed for its role in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and as one of the oldest surviving working locomotives.
  • 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: Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames
Triple: [Walschaerts valve gear, distinctionFrom, Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames]
Generated description
Stephenson valve gear is an early and widely used type of steam locomotive valve gear mounted between the frames, employing eccentrics on the driving axle to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephenson valve gear is usually located between locomotive frames
Target entity description: Stephenson valve gear is an early and widely used type of steam locomotive valve gear mounted between the frames, employing eccentrics on the driving axle to control steam distribution to the cylinders.
  • A. Climax geared steam locomotive on the Durbin Rocket
    The Climax geared steam locomotive on the Durbin Rocket is a historic, gear-driven logging engine preserved in tourist service on West Virginia’s Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  • B. Cab-forward steam locomotives
    Cab-forward steam locomotives were a distinctive type of steam engine with the crew cab placed at the front of the locomotive to improve visibility and reduce smoke exposure, most famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad in mountainous terrain.
  • C. Forney locomotive
    The Forney locomotive is a compact 19th-century steam tank locomotive type, notable for its rigid wheelbase and rear-mounted fuel and water tanks, widely used on urban elevated and commuter railways.
  • D. steam engine house (Maschinenhaus)
    The steam engine house (Maschinenhaus) in Babelsberg Park is a historic 19th-century pumping station built in a romantic, castle-like style to supply water to the park’s fountains and landscape features.
  • E. Lion steam locomotive
    The Lion steam locomotive is a preserved early 19th-century British steam engine famed for its role in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and as one of the oldest surviving working locomotives.
  • 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.