Triple
T13194045
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Seward Burroughs I |
E314065
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
American Arithmometer Company
The American Arithmometer Company was a late 19th-century U.S. manufacturer of mechanical adding machines that became a pioneer in the early office equipment industry.
|
E1027663
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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 Arithmometer Company | Statement: [William Seward Burroughs I, employer, American Arithmometer Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Arithmometer Company Context triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, employer, American Arithmometer Company]
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A.
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
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B.
George M. Hill Company
George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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C.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
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D.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
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E.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Hamilton Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century New England textile firm created by the Boston Associates as part of their pioneering industrial ventures in the American cotton industry.
- 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: American Arithmometer Company Triple: [William Seward Burroughs I, employer, American Arithmometer Company]
Generated description
The American Arithmometer Company was a late 19th-century U.S. manufacturer of mechanical adding machines that became a pioneer in the early office equipment industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Arithmometer Company Target entity description: The American Arithmometer Company was a late 19th-century U.S. manufacturer of mechanical adding machines that became a pioneer in the early office equipment industry.
-
A.
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
Monroe Calculating Machine Company was an American manufacturer best known for its mechanical and later electronic calculators used widely in business and engineering before the rise of modern computers.
-
B.
George M. Hill Company
George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
-
C.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
-
D.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
-
E.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Hamilton Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century New England textile firm created by the Boston Associates as part of their pioneering industrial ventures in the American cotton industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69d98c6158e4819082c8ad75b4dfdd90 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6f600f7a08190bcdd80d5563517c3 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6fa2e76fc819095f9a7e83189283c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6fb52f82c81909dcec658c7f58ec7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.