Triple

T14445432
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shearson Loeb Rhoades E358192 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Shearson/American Express
Shearson/American Express was a major U.S. financial services and brokerage firm formed after American Express acquired Shearson, playing a significant role on Wall Street in the 1980s.
 E358192 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Shearson/American Express | Statement: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson/American Express]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shearson/American Express
Context triple: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson/American Express]
  • A. Shearson Loeb Rhoades
    Shearson Loeb Rhoades was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest retail brokerage houses before being acquired and absorbed through a series of financial industry mergers.
  • B. Dean Witter Financial Services Group
    Dean Witter Financial Services Group was a major American financial services and brokerage firm that became best known as the predecessor to Discover Financial Services and later part of Morgan Stanley.
  • C. Merrill Lynch
    Merrill Lynch is a major American wealth management and investment banking firm known for its brokerage services and role in global financial markets.
  • D. Salomon Brothers
    Salomon Brothers was a prominent Wall Street investment bank known for its influential role in the bond market and its aggressive trading culture in the late 20th century.
  • E. PaineWebber
    PaineWebber was a major American brokerage and investment banking firm that became one of Wall Street’s prominent financial services companies before its eventual acquisition by UBS.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shearson/American Express
Target entity description: Shearson/American Express was a major U.S. financial services and brokerage firm formed after American Express acquired Shearson, playing a significant role on Wall Street in the 1980s.
  • A. Shearson Loeb Rhoades chosen
    Shearson Loeb Rhoades was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest retail brokerage houses before being acquired and absorbed through a series of financial industry mergers.
  • B. Dean Witter Financial Services Group
    Dean Witter Financial Services Group was a major American financial services and brokerage firm that became best known as the predecessor to Discover Financial Services and later part of Morgan Stanley.
  • C. Merrill Lynch
    Merrill Lynch is a major American wealth management and investment banking firm known for its brokerage services and role in global financial markets.
  • D. Salomon Brothers
    Salomon Brothers was a prominent Wall Street investment bank known for its influential role in the bond market and its aggressive trading culture in the late 20th century.
  • E. PaineWebber
    PaineWebber was a major American brokerage and investment banking firm that became one of Wall Street’s prominent financial services companies before its eventual acquisition by UBS.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Shearson/American Express
Triple: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson/American Express]
Generated description
Shearson/American Express was a major U.S. financial services and brokerage firm formed after American Express acquired Shearson, playing a significant role on Wall Street in the 1980s.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d82794dfa081909b9134ad2e32244b elicitation completed
NER batch_69de915e76f481909fe9462f964b5b1c ner completed
NED1 batch_69fd6d86dbc0819085fef8fa8b45b373 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fd6f8648408190aed910a7f269abee ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fd6efed3108190a524c64adf740303 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.