Triple
T14107117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sign of the Cat |
E339534
|
entity |
| Predicate | sponsor |
P67
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mercury division of Ford Motor Company |
E67827
|
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: Mercury division of Ford Motor Company | Statement: [The Sign of the Cat, sponsor, Mercury division of Ford Motor Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury division of Ford Motor Company Context triple: [The Sign of the Cat, sponsor, Mercury division of Ford Motor Company]
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A.
Ford Division of Ford Motor Company
The Ford Division of Ford Motor Company is the primary automotive brand unit responsible for designing, manufacturing, and marketing Ford-branded vehicles.
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B.
Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company
The Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company is a luxury automobile brand known for producing premium sedans and SUVs positioned at the high end of Ford’s vehicle lineup.
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C.
Mercury (automobile brand)
chosen
Mercury was a mid-priced American automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company, created under Edsel Ford’s direction to bridge the gap between Ford and Lincoln in the company’s lineup.
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D.
Fisher Body
Fisher Body was a major American automobile body manufacturer that became a key division of General Motors and played a central role in early 20th-century auto industry labor history.
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E.
White Motor Company
White Motor Company was a prominent American manufacturer best known for producing trucks, buses, and heavy-duty commercial vehicles throughout much of the 20th century.
- 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_69d81c69b5c8819094aa1abf18302908 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de600ada808190b92d67dc30f13d15 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcd0b699108190993f1102418ecff1 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.