Triple
T11419019
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. Walter Thompson Company |
E270568
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Carlton & Smith |
E270568
|
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: Carlton & Smith | Statement: [J. Walter Thompson Company, predecessor, Carlton & Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlton & Smith Context triple: [J. Walter Thompson Company, predecessor, Carlton & Smith]
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A.
Carlton & Smith
chosen
Carlton & Smith was an early American advertising agency that evolved into what became the global firm J. Walter Thompson.
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B.
Barrie & Jenkins
Barrie & Jenkins was a British publishing house known for issuing works by prominent authors, including titles in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves series.
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C.
Reilly & Britton
Reilly & Britton was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s Oz books, including those featuring Princess Ozma.
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D.
Colvin & Earle
Colvin & Earle is a collaborative folk and Americana album by singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle.
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E.
Hurd & Houghton
Hurd & Houghton was a 19th-century American publishing firm that became part of the lineage leading to the modern educational and trade publisher Houghton Mifflin.
- 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_69d6aaddeaa8819088b30ef7b50598c9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d801b0236c81908122ce3fc7b4fde7 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b88f80d88190b91b63d0b7457c25 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.