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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.