Triple

T10763323
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chinese transport Kowshing E253887 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. is a historic British trading conglomerate founded in the 19th century that became one of the leading commercial and shipping firms in East Asia, particularly in China and Hong Kong.
E884120 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: Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Statement: [Chinese transport Kowshing, operator, Jardine, Matheson & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Context triple: [Chinese transport Kowshing, operator, Jardine, Matheson & Co.]
  • A. Robert Fleming & Co.
    Robert Fleming & Co. was a prominent British merchant bank known for its international investment activities, particularly in the United States, during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a major Hong Kong-based banking institution and the founding member of the HSBC Group, providing a wide range of financial services across Asia and globally.
  • C. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • D. Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation
    Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation is one of India’s oldest diversified companies, historically prominent in tea and coffee plantations and later expanding into sectors such as plantations, healthcare, and real estate.
  • E. Secker & Warburg
    Secker & Warburg was a notable British publishing house renowned for issuing influential mid-20th-century works of political and literary significance, including George Orwell’s major novels.
  • 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: Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Triple: [Chinese transport Kowshing, operator, Jardine, Matheson & Co.]
Generated description
Jardine, Matheson & Co. is a historic British trading conglomerate founded in the 19th century that became one of the leading commercial and shipping firms in East Asia, particularly in China and Hong Kong.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Target entity description: Jardine, Matheson & Co. is a historic British trading conglomerate founded in the 19th century that became one of the leading commercial and shipping firms in East Asia, particularly in China and Hong Kong.
  • A. Robert Fleming & Co.
    Robert Fleming & Co. was a prominent British merchant bank known for its international investment activities, particularly in the United States, during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a major Hong Kong-based banking institution and the founding member of the HSBC Group, providing a wide range of financial services across Asia and globally.
  • C. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • D. Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation
    Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation is one of India’s oldest diversified companies, historically prominent in tea and coffee plantations and later expanding into sectors such as plantations, healthcare, and real estate.
  • E. Secker & Warburg
    Secker & Warburg was a notable British publishing house renowned for issuing influential mid-20th-century works of political and literary significance, including George Orwell’s major novels.
  • 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_69d6aa5f54f4819082d0bbcb6f8797e6 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d731a373708190ae5ac0c027a4014c completed April 9, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de2351db9c8190983ac834ea069fb4 completed April 14, 2026, 11:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de271ee56c81908d2f690f31c2d2db completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de2e05fdb08190b880f9158b14118b completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:16 p.m.