Triple
T123531
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vulcan statue |
E2496
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundry |
P5125
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company was an early 20th-century industrial firm in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its role in the city’s iron and steel production and for casting the iconic Vulcan statue.
|
E16166
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Birmingham Steel and Iron Company | Statement: [Vulcan statue, foundry, Birmingham Steel and Iron Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Steel and Iron Company Context triple: [Vulcan statue, foundry, Birmingham Steel and Iron Company]
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A.
National Steel Company
National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
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B.
Federal Steel Company
Federal Steel Company was a major late-19th-century American steel producer that became one of the principal constituents of the newly formed United States Steel Corporation.
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C.
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Steel Company was a dominant late-19th-century American steel producer that played a central role in the expansion of the U.S. steel industry and the rise of modern industrial capitalism.
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D.
U. S. Steel Mining
U. S. Steel Mining is a mining subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation that focuses on extracting and supplying raw materials, primarily coal and iron ore, for steel production.
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E.
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation is a major American steel-producing company formed in 1901 through the consolidation of several steel businesses, becoming the world’s first billion-dollar corporation.
- 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: Birmingham Steel and Iron Company Triple: [Vulcan statue, foundry, Birmingham Steel and Iron Company]
Generated description
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company was an early 20th-century industrial firm in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its role in the city’s iron and steel production and for casting the iconic Vulcan statue.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Steel and Iron Company Target entity description: Birmingham Steel and Iron Company was an early 20th-century industrial firm in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its role in the city’s iron and steel production and for casting the iconic Vulcan statue.
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A.
National Steel Company
National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
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B.
Federal Steel Company
Federal Steel Company was a major late-19th-century American steel producer that became one of the principal constituents of the newly formed United States Steel Corporation.
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C.
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Steel Company was a dominant late-19th-century American steel producer that played a central role in the expansion of the U.S. steel industry and the rise of modern industrial capitalism.
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D.
U. S. Steel Mining
U. S. Steel Mining is a mining subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation that focuses on extracting and supplying raw materials, primarily coal and iron ore, for steel production.
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E.
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation is a major American steel-producing company formed in 1901 through the consolidation of several steel businesses, becoming the world’s first billion-dollar corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundry Context triple: [Vulcan statue, foundry, Birmingham Steel and Iron Company]
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A.
bellFoundry
Indicates that an entity operates as a foundry where bells are manufactured or cast.
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B.
finds
Indicates that one entity discovers, locates, or comes upon another entity, often as the result of a search or encounter.
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C.
founder
Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
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D.
lays
Indicates that one entity deposits or places something, typically eggs or objects, onto a surface or in a location.
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E.
materialUsed
Indicates that one entity is made from, incorporates, or utilizes the other entity as its material or substance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2573ce0ac8190b49fb31d3d475bf9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a2564928208190966a619680a0d6e2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a256c72f6c81909b619b90d829d86e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.