Triple

T11823592
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SS Great Western E281200 entity
Predicate builder P3143 FINISHED
Object Patterson & Mercer
Patterson & Mercer was a 19th-century British shipbuilding firm known for constructing notable early steamships such as the SS Great Western.
 E948400 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: Patterson & Mercer | Statement: [SS Great Western, builder, Patterson & Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patterson & Mercer
Context triple: [SS Great Western, builder, Patterson & Mercer]
  • A. Mercer LLC
    Mercer LLC is a global consulting firm specializing in human resources, health, wealth, and career solutions for organizations and individuals.
  • B. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • C. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Pratt & McClain
    Pratt & McClain was a 1970s American pop duo best known for recording TV theme songs, most notably the hit theme for "Happy Days."
  • E. Harkness and Company
    Harkness and Company was a prominent 19th-century New York mercantile and commission firm involved in the oil and shipping trade.
  • 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: Patterson & Mercer
Triple: [SS Great Western, builder, Patterson & Mercer]
Generated description
Patterson & Mercer was a 19th-century British shipbuilding firm known for constructing notable early steamships such as the SS Great Western.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patterson & Mercer
Target entity description: Patterson & Mercer was a 19th-century British shipbuilding firm known for constructing notable early steamships such as the SS Great Western.
  • A. Mercer LLC
    Mercer LLC is a global consulting firm specializing in human resources, health, wealth, and career solutions for organizations and individuals.
  • B. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • C. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Pratt & McClain
    Pratt & McClain was a 1970s American pop duo best known for recording TV theme songs, most notably the hit theme for "Happy Days."
  • E. Harkness and Company
    Harkness and Company was a prominent 19th-century New York mercantile and commission firm involved in the oil and shipping trade.
  • 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131f4e2ec8190a78c101e17eaa5c0 completed April 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.