Triple

T15044656
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Corpus Clock E379191 entity
Predicate inspiration P4910 FINISHED
Object John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement
John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement is a low-friction clock escapement mechanism invented in the 18th century that significantly improved the accuracy and reliability of timekeeping.
E1133786 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: John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement | Statement: [Corpus Clock, inspiration, John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement
Context triple: [Corpus Clock, inspiration, John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement]
  • A. Schickard calculating clock
    The Schickard calculating clock was an early 17th-century mechanical calculator designed by Wilhelm Schickard, often regarded as one of the first known attempts to build an automatic computing machine.
  • B. Horologium Oscillatorium
    Horologium Oscillatorium is a landmark 1673 treatise by Christiaan Huygens that laid the foundations of pendulum clock theory and classical mechanics, including an early formulation of the laws of motion and the tautochrone problem.
  • C. Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer
    The Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer was an 18th-century marine timekeeper, closely modeled on John Harrison’s H4, that famously demonstrated the practicality of accurate longitude determination at sea.
  • D. Hampton Court astronomical clock
    The Hampton Court astronomical clock is a 16th-century Renaissance clock at Hampton Court Palace that displays the time alongside astronomical information such as the phases of the moon and the movement of the sun.
  • E. Chronometer
    Chronometer is an experimental 1971 electronic composition by Harrison Birtwistle that explores complex rhythmic structures using recorded clock sounds.
  • 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: John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement
Triple: [Corpus Clock, inspiration, John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement]
Generated description
John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement is a low-friction clock escapement mechanism invented in the 18th century that significantly improved the accuracy and reliability of timekeeping.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement
Target entity description: John Harrison’s grasshopper escapement is a low-friction clock escapement mechanism invented in the 18th century that significantly improved the accuracy and reliability of timekeeping.
  • A. Schickard calculating clock
    The Schickard calculating clock was an early 17th-century mechanical calculator designed by Wilhelm Schickard, often regarded as one of the first known attempts to build an automatic computing machine.
  • B. Horologium Oscillatorium
    Horologium Oscillatorium is a landmark 1673 treatise by Christiaan Huygens that laid the foundations of pendulum clock theory and classical mechanics, including an early formulation of the laws of motion and the tautochrone problem.
  • C. Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer
    The Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer was an 18th-century marine timekeeper, closely modeled on John Harrison’s H4, that famously demonstrated the practicality of accurate longitude determination at sea.
  • D. Hampton Court astronomical clock
    The Hampton Court astronomical clock is a 16th-century Renaissance clock at Hampton Court Palace that displays the time alongside astronomical information such as the phases of the moon and the movement of the sun.
  • E. Chronometer
    Chronometer is an experimental 1971 electronic composition by Harrison Birtwistle that explores complex rhythmic structures using recorded clock sounds.
  • 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_69d85cd64d108190853797a95c11cc45 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded830c3c08190a87b81abbbb75377 completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe9de54380819084568664b63322d2 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fea0791f1c81908dcad401fa3ac245 completed May 9, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea11a35a88190a5ad6f261fd2d9dc completed May 9, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.