Triple

T16922257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Thomson (architect) E410468 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Thomson & Sandilands
Thomson & Sandilands was a 19th-century Glasgow-based architectural firm associated with the prominent Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson.
E1241045 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: Thomson & Sandilands | Statement: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Thomson & Sandilands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomson & Sandilands
Context triple: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Thomson & Sandilands]
  • A. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • B. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • C. Todd, Kitson & Laird
    Todd, Kitson & Laird was a 19th-century British locomotive manufacturing firm known for producing early steam engines for the rapidly expanding railway network.
  • D. Holtom & Fox
    Holtom & Fox was a British architectural firm known for designing prominent civic buildings in West Yorkshire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Humphreys & Wharton
    Humphreys & Wharton was an early American shipbuilding firm known for constructing major U.S. Navy vessels in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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: Thomson & Sandilands
Triple: [Alexander Thomson (architect), employer, Thomson & Sandilands]
Generated description
Thomson & Sandilands was a 19th-century Glasgow-based architectural firm associated with the prominent Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomson & Sandilands
Target entity description: Thomson & Sandilands was a 19th-century Glasgow-based architectural firm associated with the prominent Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson.
  • A. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • B. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • C. Todd, Kitson & Laird
    Todd, Kitson & Laird was a 19th-century British locomotive manufacturing firm known for producing early steam engines for the rapidly expanding railway network.
  • D. Holtom & Fox
    Holtom & Fox was a British architectural firm known for designing prominent civic buildings in West Yorkshire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Humphreys & Wharton
    Humphreys & Wharton was an early American shipbuilding firm known for constructing major U.S. Navy vessels in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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_6a00d14d13548190bb09408d28ff1ef8 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.