Triple

T15239640
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Baker E364220 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Baker auction house
Baker auction house was an 18th-century London-based auction firm founded by Samuel Baker, best known as the precursor to the renowned Sotheby’s auction house.
 E74001 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: Baker auction house | Statement: [Samuel Baker, employer, Baker auction house]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Baker auction house
Context triple: [Samuel Baker, employer, Baker auction house]
  • A. Sotheby’s
    Sotheby’s is a world-renowned auction house specializing in the sale of fine art, rare collectibles, and other high-value assets.
  • B. Christie’s
    Christie’s is a world-renowned British auction house specializing in fine art, antiques, and luxury collectibles.
  • C. Bonhams
    Bonhams is a renowned international auction house specializing in fine art, antiques, luxury collectibles, and rare items.
  • D. Brown Brothers & Co.
    Brown Brothers & Co. was a prominent early American private banking firm that later became part of the modern financial institution Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • E. August Belmont & Co.
    August Belmont & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American investment banking firm influential in railroad finance and public infrastructure projects.
  • 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: Baker auction house
Triple: [Samuel Baker, employer, Baker auction house]
Generated description
Baker auction house was an 18th-century London-based auction firm founded by Samuel Baker, best known as the precursor to the renowned Sotheby’s auction house.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Baker auction house
Target entity description: Baker auction house was an 18th-century London-based auction firm founded by Samuel Baker, best known as the precursor to the renowned Sotheby’s auction house.
  • A. Sotheby’s chosen
    Sotheby’s is a world-renowned auction house specializing in the sale of fine art, rare collectibles, and other high-value assets.
  • B. Christie’s
    Christie’s is a world-renowned British auction house specializing in fine art, antiques, and luxury collectibles.
  • C. Bonhams
    Bonhams is a renowned international auction house specializing in fine art, antiques, luxury collectibles, and rare items.
  • D. Brown Brothers & Co.
    Brown Brothers & Co. was a prominent early American private banking firm that later became part of the modern financial institution Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • E. August Belmont & Co.
    August Belmont & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American investment banking firm influential in railroad finance and public infrastructure projects.
  • 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_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e007db9a148190aadea8d5f8b6b261 completed April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feef6c25808190af46f4cab56f133c completed May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fef18ce14c8190887ec683b0adfc26 completed May 9, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fef2c0e5a88190b8d4212c90eaa10f completed May 9, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.