Triple
T1071040
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Houghton Mifflin |
E23328
|
entity |
| Predicate | brand |
P1500
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
E23328
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Statement: [Houghton Mifflin, brand, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Context triple: [Houghton Mifflin, brand, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]
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A.
Houghton Mifflin
chosen
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
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B.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Holt, Rinehart and Winston is an American publishing company known for producing a wide range of educational textbooks and notable works of literature.
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C.
Scholastic Corporation
Scholastic Corporation is a major American publishing and media company best known for producing and distributing children's books and educational materials, including the U.S. editions of the Harry Potter series.
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D.
Pearson
Pearson is a major British multinational publishing and education company known for its textbooks, assessments, and digital learning solutions worldwide.
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E.
Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b92848148190ba8795cb8d0a1d0a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac42a70ab88190ba0f0a62b19af871 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.