Triple
T17203874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Sherwin |
E417548
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sherwin-Williams Company
Sherwin-Williams Company is a major American paint and coatings manufacturer and retailer known for its extensive line of architectural and industrial finishes sold worldwide.
|
E1256205
|
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: Sherwin-Williams Company | Statement: [Henry Sherwin, notableWork, Sherwin-Williams Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherwin-Williams Company Context triple: [Henry Sherwin, notableWork, Sherwin-Williams Company]
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A.
Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore was an American Episcopal bishop and academic who served as the second bishop of New York and president of Columbia College in the early 19th century.
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B.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global American company specializing in paints, coatings, and specialty materials for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.
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C.
Liberty Paints
Liberty Paints is a fictional paint company in Ralph Ellison’s novel "Invisible Man," symbolizing the hypocrisy and racial oppression underlying ostensibly white, democratic American institutions.
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D.
PPG
PPG is the IATA airport code for Pago Pago International Airport, the main air gateway to American Samoa.
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E.
BASF Coatings
BASF Coatings is a BASF subsidiary specializing in the development and production of automotive, industrial, and decorative coating solutions.
- 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: Sherwin-Williams Company Triple: [Henry Sherwin, notableWork, Sherwin-Williams Company]
Generated description
Sherwin-Williams Company is a major American paint and coatings manufacturer and retailer known for its extensive line of architectural and industrial finishes sold worldwide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherwin-Williams Company Target entity description: Sherwin-Williams Company is a major American paint and coatings manufacturer and retailer known for its extensive line of architectural and industrial finishes sold worldwide.
-
A.
Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore was an American Episcopal bishop and academic who served as the second bishop of New York and president of Columbia College in the early 19th century.
-
B.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global American company specializing in paints, coatings, and specialty materials for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.
-
C.
Liberty Paints
Liberty Paints is a fictional paint company in Ralph Ellison’s novel "Invisible Man," symbolizing the hypocrisy and racial oppression underlying ostensibly white, democratic American institutions.
-
D.
PPG
PPG is the IATA airport code for Pago Pago International Airport, the main air gateway to American Samoa.
-
E.
BASF Coatings
BASF Coatings is a BASF subsidiary specializing in the development and production of automotive, industrial, and decorative coating solutions.
- 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_69d886d6ba8c819093215917b3d01689 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42db1e01c81909db0491fd9f49bed |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a015fdc13d88190bbf9e6d1272814d2 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01614239bc819082691853905595ba |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0161b8569c819088f0fdd673bb2d03 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.