Triple
T10851464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
E256154
|
entity |
| Predicate | competedWith |
P1375
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Butterfield and Swire |
E245414
|
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: Butterfield and Swire | Statement: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, competedWith, Butterfield and Swire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butterfield and Swire Context triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, competedWith, Butterfield and Swire]
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A.
John Swire & Sons
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Oriental Limited
Oriental Limited was a premier named passenger train that provided luxury long-distance service on the Great Northern Railway in the early 20th century.
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D.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
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E.
Henry Crown and Company
Henry Crown and Company is a private, family-owned investment firm serving as the primary investment vehicle for the wealthy and influential Crown family of Chicago.
- 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d75117b76c8190b0fb216b1428c3c7 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69deb17d978c8190883b4a56e88859de |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.