Triple
T12780598
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lord & Thomas |
E305495
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Foote, Cone & Belding |
E1003436
|
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: Foote, Cone & Belding | Statement: [Lord & Thomas, successor, Foote, Cone & Belding]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foote, Cone & Belding Context triple: [Lord & Thomas, successor, Foote, Cone & Belding]
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A.
Foote, Cone & Belding
chosen
Foote, Cone & Belding is a major American advertising agency known for its long history and influential role in the global marketing and communications industry.
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B.
D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles was a major global advertising agency formed through the merger of several prominent firms, known for handling high-profile consumer brands.
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C.
Ford, Powell & Carson
Ford, Powell & Carson is a San Antonio–based architectural firm known for designing prominent modernist landmarks, including the Tower of the Americas.
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D.
Minton, Balch & Company
Minton, Balch & Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house known for issuing significant works in philosophy and the humanities.
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E.
Thayer & Eldridge
Thayer & Eldridge was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant antislavery and reform literature, including Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
- 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e5a5680819095dcd491486d23e7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68ebc75bc81908bad7fb06af674a9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.