Triple

T12115075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Litton Industries E288536 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Charles B. Thornton — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Charles B. Thornton | Statement: [Litton Industries, foundedBy, Charles B. Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles B. Thornton
Context triple: [Litton Industries, foundedBy, Charles B. Thornton]
  • A. Charles H. Thornton
    Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
  • B. Charles B. Reed
    Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
  • C. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Edward N. Shelton
    Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
  • E. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles B. Thornton
Target entity description: Charles B. Thornton was an American businessman best known as the founder and longtime leader of the major defense and electronics conglomerate Litton Industries.
  • A. Charles H. Thornton
    Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
  • B. Charles B. Reed
    Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
  • C. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Edward N. Shelton
    Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
  • E. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9156921dc8190aa132b0ab3a7c184 completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.