Triple

T16922302
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh Thomson E410469 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Marcus Ward & Co.
Marcus Ward & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British printing and publishing firm, best known for its high-quality illustrated books, stationery, and greeting cards.
 E1241189 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: Marcus Ward & Co. | Statement: [Hugh Thomson, employer, Marcus Ward & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marcus Ward & Co.
Context triple: [Hugh Thomson, employer, Marcus Ward & Co.]
  • A. Sheed & Ward
    Sheed & Ward is a historically significant publishing imprint known for its works in Catholic theology, religious studies, and philosophy.
  • B. Edwin H. Morris & Co.
    Edwin H. Morris & Co. was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and standards in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Walter Baker & Company
    Walter Baker & Company is a historic American chocolate manufacturer known for producing baking chocolate and cocoa products since the 18th century.
  • D. P.R. Mallory and Company
    P.R. Mallory and Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its innovations in electrical components and batteries, and for employing Chester Carlson before he invented xerography.
  • E. William Batson & Co.
    William Batson & Co. was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing Royal Navy vessels such as HMS Bellerophon.
  • 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: Marcus Ward & Co.
Triple: [Hugh Thomson, employer, Marcus Ward & Co.]
Generated description
Marcus Ward & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British printing and publishing firm, best known for its high-quality illustrated books, stationery, and greeting cards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marcus Ward & Co.
Target entity description: Marcus Ward & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British printing and publishing firm, best known for its high-quality illustrated books, stationery, and greeting cards.
  • A. Sheed & Ward
    Sheed & Ward is a historically significant publishing imprint known for its works in Catholic theology, religious studies, and philosophy.
  • B. Edwin H. Morris & Co.
    Edwin H. Morris & Co. was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and standards in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Walter Baker & Company
    Walter Baker & Company is a historic American chocolate manufacturer known for producing baking chocolate and cocoa products since the 18th century.
  • D. P.R. Mallory and Company
    P.R. Mallory and Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its innovations in electrical components and batteries, and for employing Chester Carlson before he invented xerography.
  • E. William Batson & Co.
    William Batson & Co. was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing Royal Navy vessels such as HMS Bellerophon.
  • 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.