Triple
T18210103
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States v. E. C. Knight Co. |
E436008
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object | E. C. Knight Company |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: E. C. Knight Company | Statement: [United States v. E. C. Knight Co., defendant, E. C. Knight Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. C. Knight Company Context triple: [United States v. E. C. Knight Co., defendant, E. C. Knight Company]
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A.
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company was an American petroleum-based products manufacturer best known for creating and popularizing Vaseline.
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B.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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C.
Cudahy Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company was a major American meatpacking firm that became one of the prominent national competitors in the industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
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E.
Boston Manufacturing Company
The Boston Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century American textile firm that pioneered the integrated factory system and helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. C. Knight Company Target entity description: E. C. Knight Company was a major 19th-century American sugar refining firm best known as the corporate focus of the landmark antitrust case United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
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A.
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company was an American petroleum-based products manufacturer best known for creating and popularizing Vaseline.
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B.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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C.
Cudahy Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company was a major American meatpacking firm that became one of the prominent national competitors in the industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
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E.
Boston Manufacturing Company
The Boston Manufacturing Company was an early 19th-century American textile firm that pioneered the integrated factory system and helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b90dba6481908e119eb9aa4ca0cb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4e228a7fc81909cfcf11cf7ce1360 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.