Triple
T17753392
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waltham Watch Company |
E443167
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Waltham Watch and Clock Company |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Waltham Watch and Clock Company | Statement: [Waltham Watch Company, alsoKnownAs, Waltham Watch and Clock Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waltham Watch and Clock Company Context triple: [Waltham Watch Company, alsoKnownAs, Waltham Watch and Clock Company]
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A.
Waltham Watch Company
chosen
Waltham Watch Company was a pioneering American watch manufacturer known for industrializing precision watchmaking and giving the city of Waltham, Massachusetts its nickname "Watch City."
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B.
Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin National Watch Company was a prominent American watch manufacturer, founded in the 19th century, known for producing affordable, high-quality timepieces that helped make pocket and wristwatches widely accessible.
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C.
Waterbury Clock Company
Waterbury Clock Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing affordable clocks and watches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, later evolving into the Timex Corporation.
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D.
New Haven Clock Company
The New Haven Clock Company was a prominent American manufacturer of clocks and timepieces based in New Haven, Connecticut, active from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.
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E.
Wilsdorf & Davis
Wilsdorf & Davis was the original watchmaking company founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis that later evolved into the luxury brand Rolex.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9edf16c8190a59ebd245d378f4f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4841c0540819093a32d759775c61f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:10 a.m.