Triple
T16530031
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alfred Herbert |
E401538
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Herbert Ltd
Alfred Herbert Ltd was a major British engineering and machine tool manufacturing company that played a significant role in the development of the UK’s industrial machinery sector in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
|
E158800
|
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: Alfred Herbert Ltd | Statement: [Alfred Herbert, founded, Alfred Herbert Ltd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Herbert Ltd Context triple: [Alfred Herbert, founded, Alfred Herbert Ltd]
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A.
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd was a British publishing company founded by Sir C. Arthur Pearson, best known for producing popular periodicals, magazines, and newspapers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
S. H. Benson Ltd
S. H. Benson Ltd was a prominent British advertising agency active in the early 20th century, known for pioneering modern advertising techniques.
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C.
Richard Bentley & Son
Richard Bentley & Son was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing notable works of Victorian literature and popular fiction.
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D.
Andrew Handyside and Company
Andrew Handyside and Company was a prominent 19th-century British ironfounding and engineering firm known for constructing bridges, aqueducts, and other major iron structures.
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E.
Henry Crown and Company
Henry Crown and Company is a private, family-owned investment firm serving as the primary investment vehicle for the wealthy and influential Crown family of Chicago.
- 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: Alfred Herbert Ltd Triple: [Alfred Herbert, founded, Alfred Herbert Ltd]
Generated description
Alfred Herbert Ltd was a major British engineering and machine tool manufacturing company that played a significant role in the development of the UK’s industrial machinery sector in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Herbert Ltd Target entity description: Alfred Herbert Ltd was a major British engineering and machine tool manufacturing company that played a significant role in the development of the UK’s industrial machinery sector in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
-
A.
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd was a British publishing company founded by Sir C. Arthur Pearson, best known for producing popular periodicals, magazines, and newspapers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
S. H. Benson Ltd
S. H. Benson Ltd was a prominent British advertising agency active in the early 20th century, known for pioneering modern advertising techniques.
-
C.
Richard Bentley & Son
Richard Bentley & Son was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing notable works of Victorian literature and popular fiction.
-
D.
Andrew Handyside and Company
chosen
Andrew Handyside and Company was a prominent 19th-century British ironfounding and engineering firm known for constructing bridges, aqueducts, and other major iron structures.
-
E.
Henry Crown and Company
Henry Crown and Company is a private, family-owned investment firm serving as the primary investment vehicle for the wealthy and influential Crown family of Chicago.
- 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32ed625208190a68b879266b05b3f |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0067a913388190afebe40fcc42e731 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a006976e8c881909036bd438baaa35e |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a006a0ae92c8190963918628844a7ac |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.