Triple
T17122475
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Froude number |
E415502
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Froude
William Froude was a 19th-century English engineer and naval architect who pioneered the scientific study of ship hydrodynamics and model testing, leading to the formulation of the dimensionless Froude number.
|
E1251188
|
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: William Froude | Statement: [Froude number, namedAfter, William Froude]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Froude Context triple: [Froude number, namedAfter, William Froude]
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A.
Charles L. Parsons
Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
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B.
Sir James Plimsoll
Sir James Plimsoll was a distinguished Australian diplomat and public servant who served as ambassador to several key countries and later as Governor of Tasmania.
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C.
Edward Routh
Edward Routh was a 19th-century British mathematician and educator renowned for his work in stability theory and for mentoring many top Cambridge mathematicians.
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D.
William Jaggard
William Jaggard was a London printer and publisher best known for producing the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays.
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E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
- 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: William Froude Triple: [Froude number, namedAfter, William Froude]
Generated description
William Froude was a 19th-century English engineer and naval architect who pioneered the scientific study of ship hydrodynamics and model testing, leading to the formulation of the dimensionless Froude number.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Froude Target entity description: William Froude was a 19th-century English engineer and naval architect who pioneered the scientific study of ship hydrodynamics and model testing, leading to the formulation of the dimensionless Froude number.
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A.
Charles L. Parsons
Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
-
B.
Sir James Plimsoll
Sir James Plimsoll was a distinguished Australian diplomat and public servant who served as ambassador to several key countries and later as Governor of Tasmania.
-
C.
Edward Routh
Edward Routh was a 19th-century British mathematician and educator renowned for his work in stability theory and for mentoring many top Cambridge mathematicians.
-
D.
William Jaggard
William Jaggard was a London printer and publisher best known for producing the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays.
-
E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3e80ac2cc819084fab829917c950a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a1062fc8190b1c4e97f42cf3faa |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a013ae461048190a9ced7e956802958 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a013b6824888190853cf36548507e1b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.