Triple
T13896184
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Thornton |
E334092
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm)
Down, Thornton & Free was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century London private banking firm associated with influential economist and banker Henry Thornton.
|
E1068203
|
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: Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm) | Statement: [Henry Thornton, employer, Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm) Context triple: [Henry Thornton, employer, Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm)]
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A.
Drexel, Morgan & Co.
Drexel, Morgan & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American banking firm that served as a key predecessor to J.P. Morgan & Co. and played a major role in U.S. railroad and industrial finance.
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B.
Grant and Maddison Bank
Grant and Maddison Bank was a 19th-century British banking firm known for employing William Erasmus Darwin, the eldest son of Charles Darwin.
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C.
Fletcher Trust Company
Fletcher Trust Company was a financial institution in Indianapolis, Indiana, known for employing science fiction writer C. L. Moore early in her career.
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D.
Allan & Co.
Allan & Co. was a Dutch tram and railway vehicle manufacturer known for producing streetcars and other rolling stock under license from international designs.
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E.
Clark and Larabie banking house
Clark and Larabie banking house was a 19th-century Montana financial institution co-founded by William A. Clark that played a key role in regional mining and commercial development.
- 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: Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm) Triple: [Henry Thornton, employer, Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm)]
Generated description
Down, Thornton & Free was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century London private banking firm associated with influential economist and banker Henry Thornton.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Down, Thornton & Free (banking firm) Target entity description: Down, Thornton & Free was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century London private banking firm associated with influential economist and banker Henry Thornton.
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A.
Drexel, Morgan & Co.
Drexel, Morgan & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American banking firm that served as a key predecessor to J.P. Morgan & Co. and played a major role in U.S. railroad and industrial finance.
-
B.
Grant and Maddison Bank
Grant and Maddison Bank was a 19th-century British banking firm known for employing William Erasmus Darwin, the eldest son of Charles Darwin.
-
C.
Fletcher Trust Company
Fletcher Trust Company was a financial institution in Indianapolis, Indiana, known for employing science fiction writer C. L. Moore early in her career.
-
D.
Allan & Co.
Allan & Co. was a Dutch tram and railway vehicle manufacturer known for producing streetcars and other rolling stock under license from international designs.
-
E.
Clark and Larabie banking house
Clark and Larabie banking house was a 19th-century Montana financial institution co-founded by William A. Clark that played a key role in regional mining and commercial development.
- 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de25d72c6c819093bf9c43136839d4 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:32 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7c71eb1808190b0a3a28a8011e9c7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7c86a3640819081ed689bd271f909 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7c9b2930c8190983f2c55a0dd35f6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.