Triple

T178417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dictionary of National Biography E3627 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
 E23188 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: Smith, Elder & Co. | Statement: [Dictionary of National Biography, publisher, Smith, Elder & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smith, Elder & Co.
Context triple: [Dictionary of National Biography, publisher, Smith, Elder & Co.]
  • A. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • B. Faber and Faber
    Faber and Faber is a renowned independent British publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, poetry, and drama.
  • C. Harper & Brothers
    Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
  • D. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
    G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
  • E. Cassell
    Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
  • 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: Smith, Elder & Co.
Triple: [Dictionary of National Biography, publisher, Smith, Elder & Co.]
Generated description
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smith, Elder & Co.
Target entity description: Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
  • A. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • B. Faber and Faber
    Faber and Faber is a renowned independent British publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, poetry, and drama.
  • C. Harper & Brothers
    Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
  • D. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
    G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
  • E. Cassell
    Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
  • 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258fe7bb08190a56f4a54cadd2fef completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2fa7c7a288190bc547d5e7010732b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2fb52104881908fb78842af09bf0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2fc081c8c8190a37abb5fbcc7c335 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.