Triple
T14445433
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shearson Loeb Rhoades |
E358192
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Shearson Lehman Brothers
Shearson Lehman Brothers was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest financial institutions during the 1980s and early 1990s.
|
E358192
|
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: Shearson Lehman Brothers | Statement: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson Lehman Brothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shearson Lehman Brothers Context triple: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson Lehman Brothers]
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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.
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B.
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.
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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.
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D.
Drexel Burnham Lambert
Drexel Burnham Lambert was a prominent Wall Street investment bank best known for its role in the 1980s junk bond market and its subsequent high-profile collapse.
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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.
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: Shearson Lehman Brothers Triple: [Shearson Loeb Rhoades, successor, Shearson Lehman Brothers]
Generated description
Shearson Lehman Brothers was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest financial institutions during the 1980s and early 1990s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shearson Lehman Brothers Target entity description: Shearson Lehman Brothers was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest financial institutions during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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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.
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B.
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.
-
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.
Drexel Burnham Lambert
Drexel Burnham Lambert was a prominent Wall Street investment bank best known for its role in the 1980s junk bond market and its subsequent high-profile collapse.
-
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.
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_69d82794dfa081909b9134ad2e32244b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de915e76f481909fe9462f964b5b1c |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a39d55c8190bbc7b76fab6b8b39 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7ad02938819089b7d9a83c9006d3 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7b1757e88190a90c671ffe6ce978 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.