Triple
T16169590
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McCann Erickson |
E392398
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
H. K. McCann Company
H. K. McCann Company was the original advertising agency founded by Harrison King McCann that later evolved into the global marketing firm McCann Erickson.
|
E1198363
|
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: H. K. McCann Company | Statement: [McCann Erickson, formerName, H. K. McCann Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. K. McCann Company Context triple: [McCann Erickson, formerName, H. K. McCann Company]
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A.
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation was an early American film distribution and production company associated with pioneering movie executive W. W. Hodkinson, a key figure in the development of the Hollywood studio system.
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B.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
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C.
C. F. Hathaway Company
C. F. Hathaway Company was an American shirt manufacturer best known for its iconic mid-20th-century advertising featuring the distinguished “Hathaway Man.”
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D.
J. E. Greiner Company
J. E. Greiner Company was an American engineering and consulting firm known for its prominent bridge and transportation infrastructure designs in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company
The O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company was the real estate and development firm created by the Van Sweringen brothers, known for their large-scale suburban and railroad projects centered around Cleveland, Ohio in the early 20th century.
- 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: H. K. McCann Company Triple: [McCann Erickson, formerName, H. K. McCann Company]
Generated description
H. K. McCann Company was the original advertising agency founded by Harrison King McCann that later evolved into the global marketing firm McCann Erickson.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. K. McCann Company Target entity description: H. K. McCann Company was the original advertising agency founded by Harrison King McCann that later evolved into the global marketing firm McCann Erickson.
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A.
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation was an early American film distribution and production company associated with pioneering movie executive W. W. Hodkinson, a key figure in the development of the Hollywood studio system.
-
B.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
-
C.
C. F. Hathaway Company
C. F. Hathaway Company was an American shirt manufacturer best known for its iconic mid-20th-century advertising featuring the distinguished “Hathaway Man.”
-
D.
J. E. Greiner Company
J. E. Greiner Company was an American engineering and consulting firm known for its prominent bridge and transportation infrastructure designs in the early to mid-20th century.
-
E.
O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company
The O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company was the real estate and development firm created by the Van Sweringen brothers, known for their large-scale suburban and railroad projects centered around Cleveland, Ohio in the early 20th century.
- 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e21eb5e6d881908749683091afa90c |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff7bb6aac8190a33607abfe9a32d0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fff9bb09c48190881c0f70bae0aec8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fffa5186b88190971d3c5061503541 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.