Triple

T6950492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Renwick Sr. E160906 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Treatise on the Steam Engine
Treatise on the Steam Engine is a 19th-century technical work that systematically explains the principles, design, and operation of steam engines during the early industrial era.
E630664 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: Treatise on the Steam Engine | Statement: [James Renwick Sr., wrote, Treatise on the Steam Engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treatise on the Steam Engine
Context triple: [James Renwick Sr., wrote, Treatise on the Steam Engine]
  • A. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
    Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire is an 1824 treatise by Sadi Carnot that laid the foundations of thermodynamics by analyzing the efficiency and principles of heat engines.
  • B. 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.
  • C. A System of Mechanics
    "A System of Mechanics" is a scientific work by John Thomas Romney Robinson that presents a structured treatment of the principles and laws governing mechanical phenomena.
  • D. Newcomen atmospheric engine
    The Newcomen atmospheric engine was an early 18th-century steam-powered pumping engine used primarily to remove water from mines, representing one of the first practical applications of steam power in industry.
  • E. Essai sur les machines en général
    Essai sur les machines en général is a foundational treatise on mechanics and the theory of machines written by French mathematician and engineer Lazare Carnot.
  • 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: Treatise on the Steam Engine
Triple: [James Renwick Sr., wrote, Treatise on the Steam Engine]
Generated description
Treatise on the Steam Engine is a 19th-century technical work that systematically explains the principles, design, and operation of steam engines during the early industrial era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treatise on the Steam Engine
Target entity description: Treatise on the Steam Engine is a 19th-century technical work that systematically explains the principles, design, and operation of steam engines during the early industrial era.
  • A. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
    Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire is an 1824 treatise by Sadi Carnot that laid the foundations of thermodynamics by analyzing the efficiency and principles of heat engines.
  • B. 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.
  • C. A System of Mechanics
    "A System of Mechanics" is a scientific work by John Thomas Romney Robinson that presents a structured treatment of the principles and laws governing mechanical phenomena.
  • D. Newcomen atmospheric engine
    The Newcomen atmospheric engine was an early 18th-century steam-powered pumping engine used primarily to remove water from mines, representing one of the first practical applications of steam power in industry.
  • E. Essai sur les machines en général
    Essai sur les machines en général is a foundational treatise on mechanics and the theory of machines written by French mathematician and engineer Lazare Carnot.
  • 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_69c68850419081909fb426b8f5a304c7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6daaeb66c8190a62b32a2c22f166a completed March 27, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c758797228819089362f137e9eb747 completed March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c759a5eebc8190934ea04a2ce20287 completed March 28, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75a19d27c819089cfa625dfccfe6f completed March 28, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.