Triple
T12151734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James E. Casey |
E289471
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | American Messenger Company |
E943965
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: [James E. Casey, founded, American Messenger Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Messenger Company Context triple: [James E. Casey, founded, American Messenger Company]
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A.
American Messenger Company
chosen
American Messenger Company was the early 20th-century Seattle-based delivery firm that evolved into the global logistics giant United Parcel Service (UPS).
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Courier Corporation
Courier Corporation is an American publishing company best known for owning Dover Publications and specializing in reprints and specialty print products.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab4c6710819097a9d228382dde43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915ae736c8190aaab05efb93c5854 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f69aa2e88190aaa58468571d6dad |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.