Triple
T15882517
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Black & Veatch |
E385106
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFounder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ernest Bateman Black |
E385106
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ernest Bateman Black | Statement: [Black & Veatch, hasFounder, Ernest Bateman Black]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Bateman Black Context triple: [Black & Veatch, hasFounder, Ernest Bateman Black]
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A.
Ernest Bateman Black
chosen
Ernest Bateman Black was an American engineer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
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B.
Harold Julian Amery
Harold Julian Amery, known as Julian Amery, was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister who served in several key government posts during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Richard Lloyd George
Richard Lloyd George was a British peer and politician, best known as the son of former Prime Minister David Lloyd George and for serving as the 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.
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D.
Isaac Foot
Isaac Foot was a British Liberal politician, solicitor, and devout Methodist known for his parliamentary career and as the patriarch of a prominent political family.
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E.
William Vernon Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt was a prominent 19th-century British Liberal politician and lawyer who served as Home Secretary and twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d86da4e86481909f1325fdc971b5ec |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e156173e248190901641d838ecb40f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffa95466e08190a967114821651e60 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.