Triple

T17723264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Francis turbine E442395 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object James B. Francis
James B. Francis was a 19th-century civil engineer best known for pioneering modern water turbine design and advancing hydraulic engineering.
 E1283434 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: James B. Francis | Statement: [Francis turbine, namedAfter, James B. Francis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James B. Francis
Context triple: [Francis turbine, namedAfter, James B. Francis]
  • A. Henry C. Pelton
    Henry C. Pelton was an American architect best known for co-designing New York City's landmark Riverside Church in the Gothic Revival style.
  • B. John Knowles Fitch
    John Knowles Fitch was an American financial analyst and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Fitch credit rating agency, one of the major global credit rating institutions.
  • C. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • D. Charles L. Parsons
    Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
  • E. Joseph Wharton
    Joseph Wharton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune in mining and manufacturing helped shape modern business education.
  • 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: James B. Francis
Triple: [Francis turbine, namedAfter, James B. Francis]
Generated description
James B. Francis was a 19th-century civil engineer best known for pioneering modern water turbine design and advancing hydraulic engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James B. Francis
Target entity description: James B. Francis was a 19th-century civil engineer best known for pioneering modern water turbine design and advancing hydraulic engineering.
  • A. Henry C. Pelton
    Henry C. Pelton was an American architect best known for co-designing New York City's landmark Riverside Church in the Gothic Revival style.
  • B. John Knowles Fitch
    John Knowles Fitch was an American financial analyst and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Fitch credit rating agency, one of the major global credit rating institutions.
  • C. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • D. Charles L. Parsons
    Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
  • E. Joseph Wharton
    Joseph Wharton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune in mining and manufacturing helped shape modern business education.
  • 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_69d8b9ec79688190b86bdcef85a7b3aa completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e47487b4988190b14237a4e6376e9a completed April 19, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0230300f548190b9e3bdb6570446ff completed May 11, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02315558cc8190829599a78de8eee2 completed May 11, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0231e54c308190af6f80f42848536d completed May 11, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:07 a.m.