Triple
T10003585
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis Carrier |
E198185
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Buffalo Forge Company
Buffalo Forge Company was an American manufacturing firm best known as the workplace where engineer Willis Carrier developed modern air conditioning technology.
|
E835830
|
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: Buffalo Forge Company | Statement: [Willis Carrier, employer, Buffalo Forge Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo Forge Company Context triple: [Willis Carrier, employer, Buffalo Forge Company]
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A.
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company was a major 19th-century iron and steel manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio, that played a significant role in the early American steel industry and labor history.
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B.
Buckeye Steel Castings Company
Buckeye Steel Castings Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing steel castings, particularly for the railroad industry, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Hamilton Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century New England textile firm created by the Boston Associates as part of their pioneering industrial ventures in the American cotton industry.
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D.
Walker Manufacturing Company
Walker Manufacturing Company was the business enterprise founded by Madam C. J. Walker that produced and sold her pioneering hair care products for African American women.
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E.
Union Steel
Union Steel was an American steel company historically associated with industrialist and financier Andrew W. Mellon.
- 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: Buffalo Forge Company Triple: [Willis Carrier, employer, Buffalo Forge Company]
Generated description
Buffalo Forge Company was an American manufacturing firm best known as the workplace where engineer Willis Carrier developed modern air conditioning technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo Forge Company Target entity description: Buffalo Forge Company was an American manufacturing firm best known as the workplace where engineer Willis Carrier developed modern air conditioning technology.
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A.
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company was a major 19th-century iron and steel manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio, that played a significant role in the early American steel industry and labor history.
-
B.
Buckeye Steel Castings Company
Buckeye Steel Castings Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing steel castings, particularly for the railroad industry, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
C.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Hamilton Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century New England textile firm created by the Boston Associates as part of their pioneering industrial ventures in the American cotton industry.
-
D.
Walker Manufacturing Company
Walker Manufacturing Company was the business enterprise founded by Madam C. J. Walker that produced and sold her pioneering hair care products for African American women.
-
E.
Union Steel
Union Steel was an American steel company historically associated with industrialist and financier Andrew W. Mellon.
- 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_69ca830fcca48190bbbd9b20c233835f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcd12f6488190bd5257b5f65437cc |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d26a41e25881908c7d1e15daeffc44 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d26bd389c081909ca7b1c3144eb894 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d26c3d5f2081909bf1a1565b66eca9 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:51 p.m.