Triple
T6628613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Singer Sewing Machine Company |
E149864
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Isaac Merritt Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer was a 19th-century American inventor and entrepreneur best known for revolutionizing home sewing with his improvements to the sewing machine and the mass marketing of it.
|
E606620
|
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: Isaac Merritt Singer | Statement: [Singer Sewing Machine Company, foundedBy, Isaac Merritt Singer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaac Merritt Singer Context triple: [Singer Sewing Machine Company, foundedBy, Isaac Merritt Singer]
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A.
Elias Howe
Elias Howe was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating and patenting an early practical sewing machine, which revolutionized the garment industry.
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B.
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture.
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C.
Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis was an American inventor best known for developing a safety elevator that made modern skyscrapers practical and led to the creation of the Otis Elevator Company.
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D.
Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell was an American industrialist whose innovations in textile manufacturing and factory organization helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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E.
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
- 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: Isaac Merritt Singer Triple: [Singer Sewing Machine Company, foundedBy, Isaac Merritt Singer]
Generated description
Isaac Merritt Singer was a 19th-century American inventor and entrepreneur best known for revolutionizing home sewing with his improvements to the sewing machine and the mass marketing of it.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaac Merritt Singer Target entity description: Isaac Merritt Singer was a 19th-century American inventor and entrepreneur best known for revolutionizing home sewing with his improvements to the sewing machine and the mass marketing of it.
-
A.
Elias Howe
Elias Howe was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating and patenting an early practical sewing machine, which revolutionized the garment industry.
-
B.
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture.
-
C.
Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis was an American inventor best known for developing a safety elevator that made modern skyscrapers practical and led to the creation of the Otis Elevator Company.
-
D.
Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell was an American industrialist whose innovations in textile manufacturing and factory organization helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
-
E.
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
- 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_69c687ee50048190aa151765bef16193 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6afa4a08481908cb5a554f388f32a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6e44f5f9c819088cfb4fd87887766 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6e55028ac8190b2bde6637981195c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6e5eacefc819092d0e9f79d90c4a6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.