Triple
T11401362
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patowmack Canal |
E270115
|
entity |
| Predicate | developedBy |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Potowmack Company |
E270116
|
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: Potowmack Company | Statement: [Patowmack Canal, developedBy, Potowmack Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Potowmack Company Context triple: [Patowmack Canal, developedBy, Potowmack Company]
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A.
Potowmack Company
chosen
The Potowmack Company was an 18th-century enterprise, championed by George Washington, that sought to improve navigation on the Potomac River to link the Atlantic seaboard with the western frontier.
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B.
Ohio Company of Virginia
The Ohio Company of Virginia was a mid-18th-century land speculation company formed by Virginia planters and merchants to promote British settlement and claim vast tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley.
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C.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
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D.
Piedmont Inc.
Piedmont Inc. is a major shareholder and influential investor in the UK-based pub and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers plc.
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E.
Valley Falls Company
Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
- 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d80148e2048190a716b515d78efdd1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58d244870819091e8331eb3bd792d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.