Triple
T11603925
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Daniel Lothrop |
E275203
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
D. Lothrop Company
D. Lothrop Company was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house best known for its children’s literature and religious and moral works.
|
E936937
|
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: D. Lothrop Company | Statement: [Daniel Lothrop, founded, D. Lothrop Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. Lothrop Company Context triple: [Daniel Lothrop, founded, D. Lothrop Company]
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A.
Woodward & Lothrop
Woodward & Lothrop was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based department store chain that operated throughout the Mid-Atlantic region during much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
A. C. McClurg & Co.
A. C. McClurg & Co. was a prominent Chicago-based American publishing house active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for issuing influential literary and scholarly works.
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C.
L. C. Page & Co.
L. C. Page & Co. was an early 20th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular fiction, including classic children's literature.
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D.
James R. Osgood & Co.
James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
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E.
Boston Manufacturing Company
The Boston Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century American textile firm that pioneered the integrated factory system and helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
- 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: D. Lothrop Company Triple: [Daniel Lothrop, founded, D. Lothrop Company]
Generated description
D. Lothrop Company was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house best known for its children’s literature and religious and moral works.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. Lothrop Company Target entity description: D. Lothrop Company was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house best known for its children’s literature and religious and moral works.
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A.
Woodward & Lothrop
Woodward & Lothrop was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based department store chain that operated throughout the Mid-Atlantic region during much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
-
B.
A. C. McClurg & Co.
A. C. McClurg & Co. was a prominent Chicago-based American publishing house active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for issuing influential literary and scholarly works.
-
C.
L. C. Page & Co.
L. C. Page & Co. was an early 20th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular fiction, including classic children's literature.
-
D.
James R. Osgood & Co.
James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
-
E.
Boston Manufacturing Company
The Boston Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century American textile firm that pioneered the integrated factory system and helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
- 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_69d6aaf84b548190ac072e4fb89ae18f |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d895502e0081909ee9c3d45d26cd91 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ee87077d008190874a8339b64dd5ec |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ee9cf1cb2481908bc473c87bc42d60 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69eecd31894481908dbd55f605c693f9 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.