Triple
T10566884
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Baker |
E249372
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir John Fowler & Co.
Sir John Fowler & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineering firm known for major railway and bridge projects.
|
E872897
|
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: Sir John Fowler & Co. | Statement: [Benjamin Baker, employer, Sir John Fowler & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Fowler & Co. Context triple: [Benjamin Baker, employer, Sir John Fowler & Co.]
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A.
Sir William Arrol & Co.
Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Clowes and Sons
Clowes and Sons was a British printing and publishing firm known for producing scholarly and academic works in the 19th century.
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C.
Henry Boot & Sons
Henry Boot & Sons was a British construction and civil engineering firm, part of the Henry Boot group, known for major building and infrastructure projects in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a renowned British firm of pipe organ builders, famous for constructing many of the United Kingdom’s most significant concert and church organs.
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E.
John Ballantyne and Co.
John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
- 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: Sir John Fowler & Co. Triple: [Benjamin Baker, employer, Sir John Fowler & Co.]
Generated description
Sir John Fowler & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineering firm known for major railway and bridge projects.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Fowler & Co. Target entity description: Sir John Fowler & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineering firm known for major railway and bridge projects.
-
A.
Sir William Arrol & Co.
Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
-
B.
Clowes and Sons
Clowes and Sons was a British printing and publishing firm known for producing scholarly and academic works in the 19th century.
-
C.
Henry Boot & Sons
Henry Boot & Sons was a British construction and civil engineering firm, part of the Henry Boot group, known for major building and infrastructure projects in the 19th and 20th centuries.
-
D.
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a renowned British firm of pipe organ builders, famous for constructing many of the United Kingdom’s most significant concert and church organs.
-
E.
John Ballantyne and Co.
John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
- 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_69d381c8bd708190acf3d275c908251e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d5272ef5848190b76d671ea2d26314 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d94b42879481909f9c98b2579c10a1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d94d67e16481908efb939a3e65004c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d95227a1f48190ab847606a9ae0500 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:36 p.m.