Triple

T15000407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. Samuel White shipyard E374071 entity
Predicate hasAlternativeName P39 FINISHED
Object J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd
J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd was a prominent British shipbuilding company based on the Isle of Wight, known for constructing naval and commercial vessels from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
 E1132085 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: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd | Statement: [J. Samuel White shipyard, hasAlternativeName, J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd
Context triple: [J. Samuel White shipyard, hasAlternativeName, J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd]
  • A. Whitworth & Co.
    Whitworth & Co. was the engineering and manufacturing firm founded by Sir Joseph Whitworth, renowned for its precision machine tools and contributions to standardizing screw threads in the 19th century.
  • B. J.W. Foster and Sons
    J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
  • C. J. W. Steere & Son
    J. W. Steere & Son was a prominent American pipe organ building firm known for crafting high-quality instruments for churches and concert halls in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. R.S. Owens & Company
    R.S. Owens & Company is a Chicago-based trophy and awards manufacturer best known for long producing the iconic Oscar statuettes for the Academy Awards.
  • E. F. H. Royce & Company
    F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
  • 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: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd
Triple: [J. Samuel White shipyard, hasAlternativeName, J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd]
Generated description
J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd was a prominent British shipbuilding company based on the Isle of Wight, known for constructing naval and commercial vessels from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd
Target entity description: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd was a prominent British shipbuilding company based on the Isle of Wight, known for constructing naval and commercial vessels from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • A. Whitworth & Co.
    Whitworth & Co. was the engineering and manufacturing firm founded by Sir Joseph Whitworth, renowned for its precision machine tools and contributions to standardizing screw threads in the 19th century.
  • B. J.W. Foster and Sons
    J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
  • C. J. W. Steere & Son
    J. W. Steere & Son was a prominent American pipe organ building firm known for crafting high-quality instruments for churches and concert halls in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. R.S. Owens & Company
    R.S. Owens & Company is a Chicago-based trophy and awards manufacturer best known for long producing the iconic Oscar statuettes for the Academy Awards.
  • E. F. H. Royce & Company
    F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
  • 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_69d85ccc84388190aa151e5173370c8d completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded72fec948190b1c9705538c57976 completed April 15, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe969e2d888190afbb9c8fd8a707c8 completed May 9, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe98bf505c819089740180a763db34 completed May 9, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe9aab47888190812ff9732380e124 completed May 9, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:54 a.m.