Triple
T17298392
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Napier |
E419970
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert Napier and Sons |
E1262255
|
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: Robert Napier and Sons | Statement: [Robert Napier, founded, 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, founded, Robert Napier and Sons]
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A.
Robert Napier and Sons
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_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_6a018c425b2081909f1e339f9c2e9cc7 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.