Triple
T16988599
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Couper Thomson |
E412133
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd |
E1244365
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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, founded, 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, founded, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]
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A.
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
chosen
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.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Punch Publications Ltd
Punch Publications Ltd is the company responsible for publishing the historic British satirical magazine Punch.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_6a011b433e688190ac8dda10638a197f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.