Triple
T6327982
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Difference Engine |
E141904
|
entity |
| Predicate | designGeneration |
P64516
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Difference Engine No. 1
Difference Engine No. 1 is Charles Babbage’s early 19th-century mechanical calculator prototype, designed to automatically compute and tabulate polynomial functions.
|
E586579
|
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: Difference Engine No. 1 | Statement: [Difference Engine, designGeneration, Difference Engine No. 1]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Difference Engine No. 1 Context triple: [Difference Engine, designGeneration, Difference Engine No. 1]
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A.
Watt steam engine
The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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C.
The Whitworth
The Whitworth is a prominent art gallery and museum in Manchester, England, renowned for its collections of fine art, textiles, and wallpapers and its integration with the surrounding park.
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D.
The Bell
The Bell is a prominent rock peak in South Africa’s Drakensberg range, known for its striking bell-like shape and challenging hiking and climbing routes.
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E.
River Don Engine
The River Don Engine is a historic, high-powered steam engine from Sheffield’s industrial era, renowned for its role in driving heavy steel rolling mills.
- 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: Difference Engine No. 1 Triple: [Difference Engine, designGeneration, Difference Engine No. 1]
Generated description
Difference Engine No. 1 is Charles Babbage’s early 19th-century mechanical calculator prototype, designed to automatically compute and tabulate polynomial functions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Difference Engine No. 1 Target entity description: Difference Engine No. 1 is Charles Babbage’s early 19th-century mechanical calculator prototype, designed to automatically compute and tabulate polynomial functions.
-
A.
Watt steam engine
The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
-
B.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
-
C.
The Whitworth
The Whitworth is a prominent art gallery and museum in Manchester, England, renowned for its collections of fine art, textiles, and wallpapers and its integration with the surrounding park.
-
D.
The Bell
The Bell is a prominent rock peak in South Africa’s Drakensberg range, known for its striking bell-like shape and challenging hiking and climbing routes.
-
E.
River Don Engine
The River Don Engine is a historic, high-powered steam engine from Sheffield’s industrial era, renowned for its role in driving heavy steel rolling mills.
- 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_69c008d201748190917e69c41ba3f978 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c064e9532081908277f10ec380a486 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c60410223081908c1cf3663d4b14c0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c60626724881908e6270c2d3652c16 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c606bd2228819082fcb63493664927 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:29 p.m.