Triple

T11765075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Casey E279762 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object American Messenger Company
American Messenger Company was the early 20th-century Seattle-based delivery firm that evolved into the global logistics giant United Parcel Service (UPS).
E943965 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: American Messenger Company | Statement: [Jim Casey, founded, American Messenger Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Messenger Company
Context triple: [Jim Casey, founded, American Messenger Company]
  • A. Adams Express Company
    Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
  • B. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • C. The Postal Service
    The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
  • D. Courier Corporation
    Courier Corporation is an American publishing company best known for owning Dover Publications and specializing in reprints and specialty print products.
  • E. Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company
    Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company was a regional Canadian telecommunications provider that historically delivered telephone and related communication services throughout the Maritime provinces.
  • 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: American Messenger Company
Triple: [Jim Casey, founded, American Messenger Company]
Generated description
American Messenger Company was the early 20th-century Seattle-based delivery firm that evolved into the global logistics giant United Parcel Service (UPS).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Messenger Company
Target entity description: American Messenger Company was the early 20th-century Seattle-based delivery firm that evolved into the global logistics giant United Parcel Service (UPS).
  • A. Adams Express Company
    Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
  • B. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • C. The Postal Service
    The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
  • D. Courier Corporation
    Courier Corporation is an American publishing company best known for owning Dover Publications and specializing in reprints and specialty print products.
  • E. Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company
    Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company was a regional Canadian telecommunications provider that historically delivered telephone and related communication services throughout the Maritime provinces.
  • 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a525948081908af62cc5d4c7c482 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f01a570ca88190ba2f3791c0e0ba60 completed April 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f043b3c51c8190a764433e86f1333e completed April 28, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05b04d7248190b8ec4be4f2c3e388 completed April 28, 2026, 7 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.