Triple
T14055207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James A. Elkins Sr. |
E338199
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vinson & Elkins
Vinson & Elkins is a major international law firm based in Houston, Texas, known for its work in energy, finance, and complex commercial litigation.
|
E1078941
|
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: Vinson & Elkins | Statement: [James A. Elkins Sr., coFounded, Vinson & Elkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vinson & Elkins Context triple: [James A. Elkins Sr., coFounded, Vinson & Elkins]
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A.
Fulbright & Jaworski
Fulbright & Jaworski was a major U.S. law firm, known for its national and international practice, that later became part of Norton Rose Fulbright.
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B.
Willkie
Willkie is the surname most notably associated with Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican nominee for President of the United States.
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C.
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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D.
Craddock McDermott
Craddock McDermott is the vengeful, malevolent ghost who serves as the primary antagonist in Joe Hill’s horror novel "Heart-Shaped Box."
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E.
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose was a powerful early 20th-century American Republican politician who served for decades as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and was known as an influential party boss.
- 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: Vinson & Elkins Triple: [James A. Elkins Sr., coFounded, Vinson & Elkins]
Generated description
Vinson & Elkins is a major international law firm based in Houston, Texas, known for its work in energy, finance, and complex commercial litigation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vinson & Elkins Target entity description: Vinson & Elkins is a major international law firm based in Houston, Texas, known for its work in energy, finance, and complex commercial litigation.
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A.
Fulbright & Jaworski
Fulbright & Jaworski was a major U.S. law firm, known for its national and international practice, that later became part of Norton Rose Fulbright.
-
B.
Willkie
Willkie is the surname most notably associated with Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican nominee for President of the United States.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Craddock McDermott
Craddock McDermott is the vengeful, malevolent ghost who serves as the primary antagonist in Joe Hill’s horror novel "Heart-Shaped Box."
-
E.
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose was a powerful early 20th-century American Republican politician who served for decades as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and was known as an influential party boss.
- 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de3c8d1aa48190a5055d15d9fa220c |
completed | April 14, 2026, 1:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcb6608cf8819087ed5d890b82650a |
completed | May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fcc91405888190ba808b2051f57f19 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fcc9be3f448190b2edd96c4159f923 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.