Triple
T11824360
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Plain Tales from the Hills |
E281221
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thacker, Spink and Co.
Thacker, Spink and Co. was a prominent British-Indian publishing and bookselling firm based in Calcutta, known for issuing English-language works during the colonial period.
|
E948435
|
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: Thacker, Spink and Co. | Statement: [Plain Tales from the Hills, publisher, Thacker, Spink and Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thacker, Spink and Co. Context triple: [Plain Tales from the Hills, publisher, Thacker, Spink and Co.]
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A.
Duckworth and Co.
Duckworth and Co. was a British publishing house known for issuing works of early 20th-century literature, including notable modernist and avant-garde titles.
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B.
Clark & Co.
Clark & Co. was a prominent Paisley-based textile and thread manufacturing company that played a major role in the town’s industrial and economic history.
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C.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was a 19th-century decorative arts firm founded by William Morris and his associates, renowned for its handcrafted designs and central role in the Arts and Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements.
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D.
Chappell & Co.
Chappell & Co. was a prominent British music publishing company known for issuing popular songs, theatrical scores, and classical works from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Andrew Handyside and Company
Andrew Handyside and Company was a prominent 19th-century British ironfounding and engineering firm known for constructing bridges, aqueducts, and other major iron structures.
- 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: Thacker, Spink and Co. Triple: [Plain Tales from the Hills, publisher, Thacker, Spink and Co.]
Generated description
Thacker, Spink and Co. was a prominent British-Indian publishing and bookselling firm based in Calcutta, known for issuing English-language works during the colonial period.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thacker, Spink and Co. Target entity description: Thacker, Spink and Co. was a prominent British-Indian publishing and bookselling firm based in Calcutta, known for issuing English-language works during the colonial period.
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A.
Duckworth and Co.
Duckworth and Co. was a British publishing house known for issuing works of early 20th-century literature, including notable modernist and avant-garde titles.
-
B.
Clark & Co.
Clark & Co. was a prominent Paisley-based textile and thread manufacturing company that played a major role in the town’s industrial and economic history.
-
C.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was a 19th-century decorative arts firm founded by William Morris and his associates, renowned for its handcrafted designs and central role in the Arts and Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements.
-
D.
Chappell & Co.
Chappell & Co. was a prominent British music publishing company known for issuing popular songs, theatrical scores, and classical works from the 19th and 20th centuries.
-
E.
Andrew Handyside and Company
Andrew Handyside and Company was a prominent 19th-century British ironfounding and engineering firm known for constructing bridges, aqueducts, and other major iron structures.
- 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_69d8a5eb299481909de3c0e85628fbe4 |
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, 9:43 p.m.