Triple
T15229928
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Hornblower I |
E363972
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hornblower & Weeks
Hornblower & Weeks was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm based in New York City, active in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
|
E1144872
|
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: Hornblower & Weeks | Statement: [Henry Hornblower I, employer, Hornblower & Weeks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornblower & Weeks Context triple: [Henry Hornblower I, employer, Hornblower & Weeks]
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A.
Hornblower
Hornblower is a British historical drama television series based on C.S. Forester’s novels about Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Ripon Hornblower
The Ripon Hornblower is a ceremonial city official who maintains an ancient nightly tradition of blowing a horn at the four corners of Ripon's market square to signal the town's safety.
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C.
Aubrey–Maturin series
The Aubrey–Maturin series is a collection of historical naval novels by Patrick O’Brian that follow Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-intelligence agent Stephen Maturin during the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. is a 1951 British naval adventure film, based on C. S. Forester’s novels, that follows the exploits of a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian was a British novelist best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical naval novels set during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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: Hornblower & Weeks Triple: [Henry Hornblower I, employer, Hornblower & Weeks]
Generated description
Hornblower & Weeks was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm based in New York City, active in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornblower & Weeks Target entity description: Hornblower & Weeks was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm based in New York City, active in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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A.
Hornblower
Hornblower is a British historical drama television series based on C.S. Forester’s novels about Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Ripon Hornblower
The Ripon Hornblower is a ceremonial city official who maintains an ancient nightly tradition of blowing a horn at the four corners of Ripon's market square to signal the town's safety.
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C.
Aubrey–Maturin series
The Aubrey–Maturin series is a collection of historical naval novels by Patrick O’Brian that follow Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-intelligence agent Stephen Maturin during the Napoleonic Wars.
-
D.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. is a 1951 British naval adventure film, based on C. S. Forester’s novels, that follows the exploits of a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
-
E.
Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian was a British novelist best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical naval novels set during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0078e27408190bc13c0ca441f5594 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd39d42881908f2ad47613e23bfa |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fedf277f888190a7e218131740660d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fedfa514808190b4a50e87833c5f69 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.