Triple
T11117942
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ichabod Washburn |
E262937
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounderOf |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company |
E906007
|
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: Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company | Statement: [Ichabod Washburn, coFounderOf, Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company Context triple: [Ichabod Washburn, coFounderOf, Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company]
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A.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company
chosen
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company was a prominent 19th-century American wire manufacturer based in Worcester, Massachusetts, known for becoming one of the world’s leading producers of wire products.
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B.
Washburn-Crosby Company
Washburn-Crosby Company was a prominent Minneapolis-based flour milling firm that later became part of General Mills, helping establish the city as a major center of the U.S. milling industry.
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C.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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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.
Josten Manufacturing Company
Josten Manufacturing Company was the original name of Jostens, an American company best known for producing class rings, yearbooks, and other school-related memorabilia.
- 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79af638b08190b7ade5eb0cab6b75 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e441cb16bc81908b5321506f655e38 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.