Triple

T16922256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Thomson (architect) E410468 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Baird & Thomson
Baird & Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architectural firm associated with the early career of prominent architect Alexander Thomson.
E1241184 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: Baird & Thomson | Statement: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Baird & Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baird & Thomson
Context triple: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Baird & Thomson]
  • A. Baird
    Baird is a Scottish surname most famously associated with John Logie Baird, a pioneer of early television technology.
  • B. Graham-Newman Corporation
    Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
  • C. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Burnham & Co.
    Burnham & Co. was a prominent architectural firm led by Daniel Burnham, known for designing significant civic and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Ballantyne and Co.
    John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
  • 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: Baird & Thomson
Triple: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Baird & Thomson]
Generated description
Baird & Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architectural firm associated with the early career of prominent architect Alexander Thomson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baird & Thomson
Target entity description: Baird & Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architectural firm associated with the early career of prominent architect Alexander Thomson.
  • A. Baird
    Baird is a Scottish surname most famously associated with John Logie Baird, a pioneer of early television technology.
  • B. Graham-Newman Corporation
    Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
  • C. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Burnham & Co.
    Burnham & Co. was a prominent architectural firm led by Daniel Burnham, known for designing significant civic and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Ballantyne and Co.
    John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
  • 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cdef7df881908b69aa3c4f50ef94 completed April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfd5e17481909fc4303fcc1342bf completed May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.