Triple
T16685914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
E405460
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entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Weber–Gauss telegraph
The Weber–Gauss telegraph was an early 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph system developed by Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Carl Friedrich Gauss, notable as one of the first practical long-distance telegraphy devices.
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E1227477
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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: Weber–Gauss telegraph | Statement: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber–Gauss telegraph]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weber–Gauss telegraph Context triple: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber–Gauss telegraph]
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A.
Hughes telegraph system
The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th century.
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B.
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
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C.
Télégraphe
Télégraphe is a Paris Métro station in the 20th arrondissement, named after the nearby historical telegraph tower site.
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D.
Hertzian waves
Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
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E.
transcontinental telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was the first coast-to-coast telegraph system in the United States, enabling near-instant communication across the country and rendering long-distance mail services like the Pony Express obsolete.
- 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: Weber–Gauss telegraph Triple: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber–Gauss telegraph]
Generated description
The Weber–Gauss telegraph was an early 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph system developed by Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Carl Friedrich Gauss, notable as one of the first practical long-distance telegraphy devices.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weber–Gauss telegraph Target entity description: The Weber–Gauss telegraph was an early 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph system developed by Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Carl Friedrich Gauss, notable as one of the first practical long-distance telegraphy devices.
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A.
Hughes telegraph system
The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th century.
-
B.
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
-
C.
Télégraphe
Télégraphe is a Paris Métro station in the 20th arrondissement, named after the nearby historical telegraph tower site.
-
D.
Hertzian waves
Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
-
E.
transcontinental telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was the first coast-to-coast telegraph system in the United States, enabling near-instant communication across the country and rendering long-distance mail services like the Pony Express obsolete.
- 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e37ea550c0819085bd36c44237a61a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a008a43f6a08190913ca123a2377f95 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a008b001c988190b0ddec3be0ed6fd0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a008ba8227881908b1ac6e30d2e7c32 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.