Triple
T17961369
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scientific Memoirs, Volume 3 |
E449089
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedAsSourceIn |
P39729
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
histories of the Analytical Engine
"Histories of the Analytical Engine" is a scholarly work that traces the development, design, and significance of Charles Babbage’s pioneering mechanical computer within the broader history of computing.
|
E1298561
|
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: histories of the Analytical Engine | Statement: [Scientific Memoirs, Volume 3, usedAsSourceIn, histories of the Analytical Engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: histories of the Analytical Engine Context triple: [Scientific Memoirs, Volume 3, usedAsSourceIn, histories of the Analytical Engine]
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A.
Notes on the Analytical Engine
Notes on the Analytical Engine is Ada Lovelace’s seminal commentary on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical computer, including what is often regarded as the first published computer program and visionary insights into general-purpose computation.
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B.
Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine was Charles Babbage’s pioneering 19th-century design for a fully programmable mechanical computer, featuring concepts like a central processing unit and memory that anticipated modern computing.
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C.
The Difference Engine
The Difference Engine is a 1990 steampunk alternate-history novel, co-written by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, that imagines a Victorian Britain transformed by early computer technology.
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D.
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation was the original title of a pioneering journal devoted to numerical analysis, computational methods, and mathematical tables, later continued under the name Mathematics of Computation.
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E.
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
- 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: histories of the Analytical Engine Triple: [Scientific Memoirs, Volume 3, usedAsSourceIn, histories of the Analytical Engine]
Generated description
"Histories of the Analytical Engine" is a scholarly work that traces the development, design, and significance of Charles Babbage’s pioneering mechanical computer within the broader history of computing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: histories of the Analytical Engine Target entity description: "Histories of the Analytical Engine" is a scholarly work that traces the development, design, and significance of Charles Babbage’s pioneering mechanical computer within the broader history of computing.
-
A.
Notes on the Analytical Engine
Notes on the Analytical Engine is Ada Lovelace’s seminal commentary on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical computer, including what is often regarded as the first published computer program and visionary insights into general-purpose computation.
-
B.
Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine was Charles Babbage’s pioneering 19th-century design for a fully programmable mechanical computer, featuring concepts like a central processing unit and memory that anticipated modern computing.
-
C.
The Difference Engine
The Difference Engine is a 1990 steampunk alternate-history novel, co-written by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, that imagines a Victorian Britain transformed by early computer technology.
-
D.
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation was the original title of a pioneering journal devoted to numerical analysis, computational methods, and mathematical tables, later continued under the name Mathematics of Computation.
-
E.
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
- 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_69d8b9f8cca8819099836916c56b7c95 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4b132cc10819088526a0b4b098d69 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03300b9c348190b3ed7b66184ba350 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0330cd28f08190a870c8cf6a33248a |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a033139e1a4819092cfcd4bd1c8c311 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:22 a.m.