Triple

T6454862
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Murdoch E139966 entity
Predicate notableInvention P4 FINISHED
Object sun-and-planet gear
The sun-and-planet gear is a mechanical gearing system used in early steam engines to convert reciprocating motion into rotary motion, enabling continuous rotation without a traditional crank.
 E594625 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: sun-and-planet gear | Statement: [William Murdoch, notableInvention, sun-and-planet gear]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: sun-and-planet gear
Context triple: [William Murdoch, notableInvention, sun-and-planet gear]
  • A. Sphere of the Sun
    The Sphere of the Sun is the fourth celestial heaven in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso, where the poet encounters the radiant souls of great theologians and philosophers who embody divine wisdom.
  • B. Sun, Moon & Stars
    "Sun, Moon & Stars" is a track from the album *True Magic* by American rapper and producer Mos Def.
  • C. Sprocket
    Sprocket is the costumed raccoon mascot of the Rocket City Trash Pandas minor league baseball team, known for his playful, space-themed antics at games and events.
  • D. Edmunds’ planet
    Edmunds’ planet is a potentially habitable exoplanet in the film "Interstellar," identified as a candidate world for humanity’s survival and colonization.
  • E. SUN
    SUN is the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ticker symbol for Suncorp Group, a major Australian finance, insurance, and banking corporation.
  • 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: sun-and-planet gear
Triple: [William Murdoch, notableInvention, sun-and-planet gear]
Generated description
The sun-and-planet gear is a mechanical gearing system used in early steam engines to convert reciprocating motion into rotary motion, enabling continuous rotation without a traditional crank.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: sun-and-planet gear
Target entity description: The sun-and-planet gear is a mechanical gearing system used in early steam engines to convert reciprocating motion into rotary motion, enabling continuous rotation without a traditional crank.
  • A. Sphere of the Sun
    The Sphere of the Sun is the fourth celestial heaven in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso, where the poet encounters the radiant souls of great theologians and philosophers who embody divine wisdom.
  • B. Sun, Moon & Stars
    "Sun, Moon & Stars" is a track from the album *True Magic* by American rapper and producer Mos Def.
  • C. Sprocket
    Sprocket is the costumed raccoon mascot of the Rocket City Trash Pandas minor league baseball team, known for his playful, space-themed antics at games and events.
  • D. Edmunds’ planet
    Edmunds’ planet is a potentially habitable exoplanet in the film "Interstellar," identified as a candidate world for humanity’s survival and colonization.
  • E. SUN
    SUN is the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ticker symbol for Suncorp Group, a major Australian finance, insurance, and banking corporation.
  • 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_69c008b301948190a35854e5284dc822 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c069d339788190992e3299ffe30d58 completed March 22, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c64bd982208190bbf5f00a85f7098d completed March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c64d8fe71881908417dc1d3f242bd5 completed March 27, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c64e5cd1b88190abcdc8af02991d1d completed March 27, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:48 p.m.