Triple

T14606630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Preston Gates & Ellis E342846 entity
Predicate mergerPartner P6600 FINISHED
Object Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham was a major U.S.-based law firm that later became part of K&L Gates following a series of mergers.
 E1108298 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: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham | Statement: [Preston Gates & Ellis, mergerPartner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Context triple: [Preston Gates & Ellis, mergerPartner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham]
  • A. Martin Graham
    Martin Graham is an author known for co-writing academic or technical works alongside Howard W. Johnson.
  • B. Laidlaw Purves
    Laidlaw Purves was a 19th-century golf course architect best known for creating the original layout of the prestigious Royal St George’s Golf Club in England.
  • C. Baird Liddell
    Baird Liddell is an American jazz pianist and composer known for his contributions to modern jazz performance and recording.
  • D. Pringle Richards Sharratt
    Pringle Richards Sharratt is a British architectural practice known for designing prominent cultural and public buildings, including museums and galleries.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Triple: [Preston Gates & Ellis, mergerPartner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham]
Generated description
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham was a major U.S.-based law firm that later became part of K&L Gates following a series of mergers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Target entity description: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham was a major U.S.-based law firm that later became part of K&L Gates following a series of mergers.
  • A. Martin Graham
    Martin Graham is an author known for co-writing academic or technical works alongside Howard W. Johnson.
  • B. Laidlaw Purves
    Laidlaw Purves was a 19th-century golf course architect best known for creating the original layout of the prestigious Royal St George’s Golf Club in England.
  • C. Baird Liddell
    Baird Liddell is an American jazz pianist and composer known for his contributions to modern jazz performance and recording.
  • D. Pringle Richards Sharratt
    Pringle Richards Sharratt is a British architectural practice known for designing prominent cultural and public buildings, including museums and galleries.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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_69d822dec68081908c2553145c4051dc completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb44d327c8190a8d20568429d0f80 completed April 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd94d09e988190a2a2a1332397b412 completed May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd9828129c8190bd7445e99dadc618 completed May 8, 2026, 8 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd98cf0bcc81909dac826a32daaf04 completed May 8, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:25 a.m.