Triple

T7854058
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Barlow E182126 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials
A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials is a foundational 19th-century engineering work that systematically analyzes and quantifies the mechanical properties and structural behavior of key construction materials.
E695720 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: A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials | Statement: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials
Context triple: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials]
  • A. 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.
  • B. A Treatise on Civil Architecture
    A Treatise on Civil Architecture is an influential 18th-century architectural work that codifies classical design principles and ornamentation, particularly for British and European neoclassical architecture.
  • C. A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity
    A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity is a foundational textbook in continuum mechanics that rigorously develops the mathematical framework for describing elastic deformation in solid materials.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts
    Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts is an influential early 19th-century work by polymath Thomas Young that systematically presents his experimental and theoretical contributions to physics, particularly in optics and mechanics.
  • 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: A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials
Triple: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials]
Generated description
A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials is a foundational 19th-century engineering work that systematically analyzes and quantifies the mechanical properties and structural behavior of key construction materials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials
Target entity description: A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and Other Materials is a foundational 19th-century engineering work that systematically analyzes and quantifies the mechanical properties and structural behavior of key construction materials.
  • A. 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.
  • B. A Treatise on Civil Architecture
    A Treatise on Civil Architecture is an influential 18th-century architectural work that codifies classical design principles and ornamentation, particularly for British and European neoclassical architecture.
  • C. A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity
    A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity is a foundational textbook in continuum mechanics that rigorously develops the mathematical framework for describing elastic deformation in solid materials.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts
    Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts is an influential early 19th-century work by polymath Thomas Young that systematically presents his experimental and theoretical contributions to physics, particularly in optics and mechanics.
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb1a72cfdc8190a3186c4c2894f571 completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b1e9e808190a0eb2dea5288e743 completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5df0287881908bce1a4449e9f252 completed March 31, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb767b198481909cfc1f7a44e6f0d8 completed March 31, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:51 p.m.