Triple
T1649789
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas J. Watson |
E35664
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | National Cash Register Company |
E14066
|
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: National Cash Register Company | Statement: [Thomas J. Watson, employer, National Cash Register Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Cash Register Company Context triple: [Thomas J. Watson, employer, National Cash Register Company]
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A.
NCR Corporation
chosen
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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B.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
C. B. Fisk, Inc.
C. B. Fisk, Inc. is a renowned American pipe organ building firm celebrated for its handcrafted, historically informed instruments installed in prominent concert halls and churches worldwide.
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D.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
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E.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a66b58c819082d38ef1c805cf44 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad60a73a288190a659e2a1f09ba524 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.