Triple
T16923107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Wellcome |
E410492
|
entity |
| Predicate | businessPartner |
P282
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Silas Mainville Burroughs
Silas Mainville Burroughs was an American-born pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded the British drug company Burroughs Wellcome & Co., a precursor to modern pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline.
|
E1241234
|
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: Silas Mainville Burroughs | Statement: [Henry Wellcome, businessPartner, Silas Mainville Burroughs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silas Mainville Burroughs Context triple: [Henry Wellcome, businessPartner, Silas Mainville Burroughs]
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A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
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B.
Max Brand
Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust, a highly prolific and influential writer best known for his Western novels and stories.
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C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
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D.
Walter B. Gibson
Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
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E.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: Silas Mainville Burroughs Triple: [Henry Wellcome, businessPartner, Silas Mainville Burroughs]
Generated description
Silas Mainville Burroughs was an American-born pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded the British drug company Burroughs Wellcome & Co., a precursor to modern pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silas Mainville Burroughs Target entity description: Silas Mainville Burroughs was an American-born pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded the British drug company Burroughs Wellcome & Co., a precursor to modern pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline.
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A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
-
B.
Max Brand
Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust, a highly prolific and influential writer best known for his Western novels and stories.
-
C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
-
D.
Walter B. Gibson
Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
-
E.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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_69e3cdf06e8c81908028efef2faa6c6b |
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.