Triple

T17298391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Napier E419970 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Robert Napier and Sons
Robert Napier and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish shipbuilding and marine engineering firm based on the River Clyde, renowned for advancing steamship construction.
E1262255 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: Robert Napier and Sons | Statement: [Robert Napier, employer, Robert Napier and Sons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Napier and Sons
Context triple: [Robert Napier, employer, Robert Napier and Sons]
  • A. Sir William Arrol & Co.
    Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
  • B. John Ballantyne and Co.
    John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
  • C. D. Napier & Son
    D. Napier & Son was a British engineering company best known for producing high-performance aircraft engines and automotive components in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Pemberton-Billing Ltd
    Pemberton-Billing Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturing company founded by Noel Pemberton Billing that later evolved into the renowned Supermarine aviation firm.
  • E. Vosper Ltd
    Vosper Ltd was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company best known for designing and constructing fast naval craft such as motor torpedo boats and patrol boats.
  • 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: Robert Napier and Sons
Triple: [Robert Napier, employer, Robert Napier and Sons]
Generated description
Robert Napier and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish shipbuilding and marine engineering firm based on the River Clyde, renowned for advancing steamship construction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Napier and Sons
Target entity description: Robert Napier and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish shipbuilding and marine engineering firm based on the River Clyde, renowned for advancing steamship construction.
  • A. Sir William Arrol & Co.
    Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
  • B. John Ballantyne and Co.
    John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
  • C. D. Napier & Son
    D. Napier & Son was a British engineering company best known for producing high-performance aircraft engines and automotive components in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Pemberton-Billing Ltd
    Pemberton-Billing Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturing company founded by Noel Pemberton Billing that later evolved into the renowned Supermarine aviation firm.
  • E. Vosper Ltd
    Vosper Ltd was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company best known for designing and constructing fast naval craft such as motor torpedo boats and patrol boats.
  • 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e438f82788819088ea796850552297 completed April 19, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0180da5b808190857c51aaa2e85339 completed May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01877483608190b311946ba05bcc94 completed May 11, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01880bad1c8190bdce946a04714ad3 completed May 11, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.