Triple

T9596486
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilhelm Schickard E231542 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Schickard calculating clock
The Schickard calculating clock was an early 17th-century mechanical calculator designed by Wilhelm Schickard, often regarded as one of the first known attempts to build an automatic computing machine.
E809516 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: Schickard calculating clock | Statement: [Wilhelm Schickard, notableWork, Schickard calculating clock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schickard calculating clock
Context triple: [Wilhelm Schickard, notableWork, Schickard calculating clock]
  • A. Napier's bones
    Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
  • B. Orrery
    An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates the relative motions of the planets and moons around the Sun.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Astronomical Clock
    The Astronomical Clock in Prague is a medieval timepiece and astronomical instrument famous for its intricate mechanical design and hourly animated figures, making it one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
  • 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: Schickard calculating clock
Triple: [Wilhelm Schickard, notableWork, Schickard calculating clock]
Generated description
The Schickard calculating clock was an early 17th-century mechanical calculator designed by Wilhelm Schickard, often regarded as one of the first known attempts to build an automatic computing machine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schickard calculating clock
Target entity description: The Schickard calculating clock was an early 17th-century mechanical calculator designed by Wilhelm Schickard, often regarded as one of the first known attempts to build an automatic computing machine.
  • A. Napier's bones
    Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
  • B. Orrery
    An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates the relative motions of the planets and moons around the Sun.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Astronomical Clock
    The Astronomical Clock in Prague is a medieval timepiece and astronomical instrument famous for its intricate mechanical design and hourly animated figures, making it one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
  • 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_69ca8482884481908eccdfdf64d6fbf7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a164c20819093fa863f8f5f79c0 completed April 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1792461208190968276ade7c4165d completed April 4, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d179d629a08190945c64309dd0d5ff completed April 4, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17a28868481908687e3e516e95c7b completed April 4, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:07 p.m.