Triple

T9225082
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edmund Beckett Denison E221660 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)
The gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben) is a precision clock mechanism designed to isolate the pendulum from external disturbances, enabling the Great Clock of Westminster to keep exceptionally accurate time.
E753781 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: gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben) | Statement: [Edmund Beckett Denison, notableWork, gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)
Context triple: [Edmund Beckett Denison, notableWork, gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)]
  • A. Hampton Court astronomical clock
    The Hampton Court astronomical clock is a 16th-century Renaissance clock at Hampton Court Palace that displays the time alongside astronomical information such as the phases of the moon and the movement of the sun.
  • B. Albert Memorial Clock
    The Albert Memorial Clock is a prominent 19th-century clock tower and landmark in central Belfast, built in Gothic style to commemorate Prince Albert.
  • C. UK Parliament clockmakers
    UK Parliament clockmakers are the specialist horologists responsible for maintaining and servicing the historic clock mechanisms and bells of the Palace of Westminster, including Big Ben.
  • D. Horologium Oscillatorium
    Horologium Oscillatorium is a landmark 1673 treatise by Christiaan Huygens that laid the foundations of pendulum clock theory and classical mechanics, including an early formulation of the laws of motion and the tautochrone problem.
  • E. Master Humphrey's Clock
    Master Humphrey's Clock was a 19th-century weekly periodical by Charles Dickens that serialized several of his works, including the novel Barnaby Rudge.
  • 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: gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)
Triple: [Edmund Beckett Denison, notableWork, gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)]
Generated description
The gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben) is a precision clock mechanism designed to isolate the pendulum from external disturbances, enabling the Great Clock of Westminster to keep exceptionally accurate time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben)
Target entity description: The gravity escapement for the Westminster clock (Big Ben) is a precision clock mechanism designed to isolate the pendulum from external disturbances, enabling the Great Clock of Westminster to keep exceptionally accurate time.
  • A. Hampton Court astronomical clock
    The Hampton Court astronomical clock is a 16th-century Renaissance clock at Hampton Court Palace that displays the time alongside astronomical information such as the phases of the moon and the movement of the sun.
  • B. Albert Memorial Clock
    The Albert Memorial Clock is a prominent 19th-century clock tower and landmark in central Belfast, built in Gothic style to commemorate Prince Albert.
  • C. UK Parliament clockmakers chosen
    UK Parliament clockmakers are the specialist horologists responsible for maintaining and servicing the historic clock mechanisms and bells of the Palace of Westminster, including Big Ben.
  • D. Horologium Oscillatorium
    Horologium Oscillatorium is a landmark 1673 treatise by Christiaan Huygens that laid the foundations of pendulum clock theory and classical mechanics, including an early formulation of the laws of motion and the tautochrone problem.
  • E. Master Humphrey's Clock
    Master Humphrey's Clock was a 19th-century weekly periodical by Charles Dickens that serialized several of his works, including the novel Barnaby Rudge.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83ec8db08190a9110df8232885d2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccda9dbd1481909f35a4bee8e0b450 completed April 1, 2026, 8:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d066521f288190a54b1199284db7a4 completed April 4, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0678b89ac8190b807e1c3b457a503 completed April 4, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0688d4c388190bb024b03cc86d08f completed April 4, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:28 p.m.