Triple
T15890574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nicolaus Otto |
E385306
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Otto engine
The Otto engine is a four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the standard power source for early automobiles and many modern gasoline-powered machines.
|
E1183181
|
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: Otto engine | Statement: [Nicolaus Otto, notableWork, Otto engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto engine Context triple: [Nicolaus Otto, notableWork, Otto engine]
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A.
Mercedes D.II inline engine
The Mercedes D.II was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine used in early World War I German military aircraft.
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B.
Ingenium petrol engine
The Ingenium petrol engine is Jaguar Land Rover’s modular, turbocharged four-cylinder engine family designed to deliver improved performance and efficiency across its vehicle range.
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C.
Daimler-Benz DB 602 diesel engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 602 was a large, liquid-cooled, V16 diesel aircraft engine developed in Germany in the 1930s, best known for powering the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship.
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D.
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
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E.
Continental R975 radial engine
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
- 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: Otto engine Triple: [Nicolaus Otto, notableWork, Otto engine]
Generated description
The Otto engine is a four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the standard power source for early automobiles and many modern gasoline-powered machines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto engine Target entity description: The Otto engine is a four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the standard power source for early automobiles and many modern gasoline-powered machines.
-
A.
Mercedes D.II inline engine
The Mercedes D.II was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine used in early World War I German military aircraft.
-
B.
Ingenium petrol engine
The Ingenium petrol engine is Jaguar Land Rover’s modular, turbocharged four-cylinder engine family designed to deliver improved performance and efficiency across its vehicle range.
-
C.
Daimler-Benz DB 602 diesel engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 602 was a large, liquid-cooled, V16 diesel aircraft engine developed in Germany in the 1930s, best known for powering the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship.
-
D.
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
-
E.
Continental R975 radial engine
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
- 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1561e5ac481908ead7de3140c769d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffb047b6248190b6c11ef20636f50f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffb1bd6e8481908701dcc7f61989f2 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffb27b5840819090ae42bea2996072 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.