Triple
T16988598
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Couper Thomson |
E412133
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd is a major Scottish publishing company best known for its newspapers, magazines, and iconic British comics such as The Beano and The Dandy.
|
E1244365
|
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: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd | Statement: [David Couper Thomson, notableWork, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd Context triple: [David Couper Thomson, notableWork, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]
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A.
Illustrated Newspapers Ltd
Illustrated Newspapers Ltd was a British publishing company best known for producing influential illustrated periodicals in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Hulton Press
Hulton Press was a British magazine and newspaper publisher best known for producing the influential weekly comic "Eagle," which featured the iconic character Dan Dare.
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C.
Punch Publications Ltd
Punch Publications Ltd is the company responsible for publishing the historic British satirical magazine Punch.
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D.
Archibald Constable & Co.
Archibald Constable & Co. was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential 19th-century works, including notable exploration narratives and literary titles.
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E.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
- 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: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd Triple: [David Couper Thomson, notableWork, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]
Generated description
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd is a major Scottish publishing company best known for its newspapers, magazines, and iconic British comics such as The Beano and The Dandy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd Target entity description: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd is a major Scottish publishing company best known for its newspapers, magazines, and iconic British comics such as The Beano and The Dandy.
-
A.
Illustrated Newspapers Ltd
Illustrated Newspapers Ltd was a British publishing company best known for producing influential illustrated periodicals in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Hulton Press
Hulton Press was a British magazine and newspaper publisher best known for producing the influential weekly comic "Eagle," which featured the iconic character Dan Dare.
-
C.
Punch Publications Ltd
Punch Publications Ltd is the company responsible for publishing the historic British satirical magazine Punch.
-
D.
Archibald Constable & Co.
Archibald Constable & Co. was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential 19th-century works, including notable exploration narratives and literary titles.
-
E.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
- 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_69d886ca8f348190812768ea8d5055ce |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d27dca248190a9b73b16439d5631 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00dc12e308819093e7f8933cdd6ba9 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0114d5aeb0819086f1a5d279ac0d0f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0115c583608190bf07ac205399f253 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.