Triple
T12647777
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tobacco Company |
E302074
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William A. Guthrie |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: William A. Guthrie | Statement: [American Tobacco Company, founder, William A. Guthrie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Guthrie Context triple: [American Tobacco Company, founder, William A. Guthrie]
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A.
William A. Guthrie
chosen
William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
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B.
Archibald H. Gillespie
Archibald H. Gillespie was a U.S. Marine Corps officer notable for his role in the Mexican–American War, particularly in early California campaigns.
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C.
William G. Robertson
William G. Robertson was a notable figure associated with Portland, Oregon’s transit or civic development, honored by having the Robertson Tunnel named after him.
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D.
John B. Gough
John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
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E.
William A. Graham
William A. Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and governor of North Carolina, and was the Whig Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1852.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d7bdec9f9c8190b4bac675b7588211 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9615cf6f48190bd0983cf7465ab15 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:17 p.m.