Triple

T11197131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arms and the Man E264950 entity
Predicate firstPublisher P7323 FINISHED
Object Walter Scott Publishing Co.
Walter Scott Publishing Co. was a British publishing house known for issuing notable literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
 E909454 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: Walter Scott Publishing Co. | Statement: [Arms and the Man, firstPublisher, Walter Scott Publishing Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Scott Publishing Co.
Context triple: [Arms and the Man, firstPublisher, Walter Scott Publishing Co.]
  • A. Archibald Constable & Co.
    Archibald Constable & Co. was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential 19th-century works, including notable exploration narratives and literary titles.
  • B. Smith, Elder & Co.
    Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
  • C. Maunsel & Co.
    Maunsel & Co. was an early 20th-century Irish publishing house known for issuing significant works of the Irish Literary Revival.
  • D. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • E. George Routledge & Sons
    George Routledge & Sons was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for producing affordable popular literature and reference works.
  • 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: Walter Scott Publishing Co.
Triple: [Arms and the Man, firstPublisher, Walter Scott Publishing Co.]
Generated description
Walter Scott Publishing Co. was a British publishing house known for issuing notable literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Scott Publishing Co.
Target entity description: Walter Scott Publishing Co. was a British publishing house known for issuing notable literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Archibald Constable & Co.
    Archibald Constable & Co. was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential 19th-century works, including notable exploration narratives and literary titles.
  • B. Smith, Elder & Co.
    Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
  • C. Maunsel & Co.
    Maunsel & Co. was an early 20th-century Irish publishing house known for issuing significant works of the Irish Literary Revival.
  • D. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • E. George Routledge & Sons
    George Routledge & Sons was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for producing affordable popular literature and reference works.
  • 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_69d6aa9eb9248190b20211772621b4bc completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8c082fc8190866c574f698b59ef completed April 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4840640688190a5b3c36883b8fce8 completed April 19, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e48718731c819084ae4ab94e79ca29 completed April 19, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e487f99abc8190a789286a4fc13eff completed April 19, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.