Triple
T9090078
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | D. E. Hughes |
E217857
|
entity |
| Predicate | developed |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hughes type-printing telegraph |
E768953
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Hughes type-printing telegraph | Statement: [D. E. Hughes, developed, Hughes type-printing telegraph]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hughes type-printing telegraph Context triple: [D. E. Hughes, developed, Hughes type-printing telegraph]
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A.
Hughes telegraph system
chosen
The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th century.
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B.
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
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C.
Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
"Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs" is the subject heading for the portion of U.S. federal law that governs wire and radio communication systems and services.
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D.
transcontinental telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was the first coast-to-coast telegraph system in the United States, enabling near-instant communication across the country and rendering long-distance mail services like the Pony Express obsolete.
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E.
Televisor mechanical television system
The Televisor mechanical television system was an early experimental television device developed by John Logie Baird that used spinning disks and mechanical scanning to transmit low-resolution moving images.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83d8ab5881909d8fddae363b32b1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc965971f88190acffbf204c11832b |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d03007ed908190afd34cf3f32312e9 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:14 p.m.