Triple

T3278215
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Physical Laboratory E68807 entity
Predicate hasFacility P105 FINISHED
Object time and frequency laboratory
The time and frequency laboratory is a specialized metrology facility that maintains and disseminates ultra-precise time and frequency standards for scientific, industrial, and national timing applications.
E344840 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: time and frequency laboratory | Statement: [National Physical Laboratory, hasFacility, time and frequency laboratory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: time and frequency laboratory
Context triple: [National Physical Laboratory, hasFacility, time and frequency laboratory]
  • A. U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock
    The U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock is the primary time standard of the United States, providing ultra-precise reference time for military, governmental, and global positioning system (GPS) operations.
  • B. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard
    The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard defines a method for highly accurate time synchronization over packet-based networks, widely used in industrial automation, telecommunications, and power systems.
  • C. Physical Sciences Laboratory
    The Physical Sciences Laboratory is a research division focused on studying atmospheric and related physical processes within NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratories.
  • D. cesium atomic clocks
    Cesium atomic clocks are ultra-precise timekeeping devices that use the microwave frequency of cesium atoms’ electron transitions to define and maintain the international standard for the second.
  • E. Mathematical Laboratory
    The Mathematical Laboratory was the original name of the University of Cambridge’s computing department, which became a pioneering center for early computer science research and development.
  • 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: time and frequency laboratory
Triple: [National Physical Laboratory, hasFacility, time and frequency laboratory]
Generated description
The time and frequency laboratory is a specialized metrology facility that maintains and disseminates ultra-precise time and frequency standards for scientific, industrial, and national timing applications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: time and frequency laboratory
Target entity description: The time and frequency laboratory is a specialized metrology facility that maintains and disseminates ultra-precise time and frequency standards for scientific, industrial, and national timing applications.
  • A. U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock
    The U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock is the primary time standard of the United States, providing ultra-precise reference time for military, governmental, and global positioning system (GPS) operations.
  • B. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard
    The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard defines a method for highly accurate time synchronization over packet-based networks, widely used in industrial automation, telecommunications, and power systems.
  • C. Physical Sciences Laboratory
    The Physical Sciences Laboratory is a research division focused on studying atmospheric and related physical processes within NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratories.
  • D. cesium atomic clocks
    Cesium atomic clocks are ultra-precise timekeeping devices that use the microwave frequency of cesium atoms’ electron transitions to define and maintain the international standard for the second.
  • E. Mathematical Laboratory
    The Mathematical Laboratory was the original name of the University of Cambridge’s computing department, which became a pioneering center for early computer science research and development.
  • 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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb013de048190bcaac732caa6b174 completed March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e84ddd24819094a47269023f9889 completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8d04e508190916455fa2f4702b5 completed March 12, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ed0f862c81909d9a279bea549339 completed March 12, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.