Triple
T2605128
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
E58640
|
entity |
| Predicate | parent |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marc Isambard Brunel
Marc Isambard Brunel was a pioneering French-born British engineer best known for designing the Thames Tunnel and for his influential innovations in industrial engineering.
|
E285284
|
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: Marc Isambard Brunel | Statement: [Isambard Kingdom Brunel, parent, Marc Isambard Brunel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Isambard Brunel Context triple: [Isambard Kingdom Brunel, parent, Marc Isambard Brunel]
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A.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
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B.
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson was a pioneering 19th-century English railway and civil engineer renowned for his work on early steam locomotives and major railway bridges.
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C.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Joseph Bazalgette
Joseph Bazalgette was a 19th-century English civil engineer best known for designing London's revolutionary sewer system that helped eradicate cholera and modernize the city’s infrastructure.
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E.
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
- 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: Marc Isambard Brunel Triple: [Isambard Kingdom Brunel, parent, Marc Isambard Brunel]
Generated description
Marc Isambard Brunel was a pioneering French-born British engineer best known for designing the Thames Tunnel and for his influential innovations in industrial engineering.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Isambard Brunel Target entity description: Marc Isambard Brunel was a pioneering French-born British engineer best known for designing the Thames Tunnel and for his influential innovations in industrial engineering.
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A.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
-
B.
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson was a pioneering 19th-century English railway and civil engineer renowned for his work on early steam locomotives and major railway bridges.
-
C.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
-
D.
Joseph Bazalgette
Joseph Bazalgette was a 19th-century English civil engineer best known for designing London's revolutionary sewer system that helped eradicate cholera and modernize the city’s infrastructure.
-
E.
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
- 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_69ab4ac3523881909679750c9f8c2dec |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd864958c8190b3ad6123f1ac78ca |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af98b250548190ad5226f2a2937a58 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af99aa962081909c575f132bfbf7ad |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af9a0a6efc819081602372e406c4e2 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.