Triple
T13185016
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Precision Castparts Corp. |
E313825
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Buford Cox |
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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: Joseph Buford Cox | Statement: [Precision Castparts Corp., founder, Joseph Buford Cox]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Buford Cox Context triple: [Precision Castparts Corp., founder, Joseph Buford Cox]
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A.
Joseph Buford Cox
chosen
Joseph Buford Cox was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating the modern chainsaw chain design and founding the company that evolved into Precision Castparts.
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B.
Paul Goodloe McIntire
Paul Goodloe McIntire was an American investor and philanthropist from Charlottesville, Virginia, known for his substantial donations to education and the arts, including major gifts to the University of Virginia.
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C.
Homer M. Hadley
Homer M. Hadley was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in the design of floating concrete bridges.
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D.
Edward F. Cox
Edward F. Cox is an American lawyer and political figure best known as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and a longtime leader within the New York Republican Party.
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E.
Jack E. Cox
Jack E. Cox was a British cinematographer active during the silent and early sound eras, known for his work on several of Alfred Hitchcock’s early films.
- 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_69d806ae1e08819090d95bfe1538cc17 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c4a0b0081908027bf77442ff5ff |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:15 p.m.