Triple
T18056686
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ames family |
E432056
|
entity |
| Predicate | business |
P12567
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ames Shovel 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: Ames Shovel Company | Statement: [Ames family, business, Ames Shovel Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ames Shovel Company Context triple: [Ames family, business, Ames Shovel Company]
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A.
Ames Shovel Works
chosen
Ames Shovel Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturing company in Easton, Massachusetts, best known for producing shovels that played a crucial role in major infrastructure projects like the Transcontinental Railroad.
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B.
Marion Steam Shovel Company
Marion Steam Shovel Company was a prominent American manufacturer of steam-powered excavation and earthmoving machinery that played a key role in major early 20th-century construction and mining projects.
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C.
Melroe Manufacturing Company
Melroe Manufacturing Company was the original name of the American manufacturer that became Bobcat Company, best known for pioneering compact loaders and construction equipment.
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D.
Disston Saw Works
Disston Saw Works was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American saw and tool manufacturing company founded by Henry Disston, known for its large industrial complex and significant role in Philadelphia’s industrial history.
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E.
Clark Equipment Company
Clark Equipment Company is an American industrial manufacturer historically known for producing construction machinery, material handling equipment, and components such as streetcar bodies.
- 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_69d8b906482481908183315b9ecf9994 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4c102d08081908d2419c898213400 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.