Triple
T18210104
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States v. E. C. Knight Co. |
E436008
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object | American Sugar Refining 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: American Sugar Refining Company | Statement: [United States v. E. C. Knight Co., defendant, American Sugar Refining Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Sugar Refining Company Context triple: [United States v. E. C. Knight Co., defendant, American Sugar Refining Company]
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A.
Imperial Sugar
Imperial Sugar is a historic American sugar refining company closely associated with the development and identity of Sugar Land, Texas.
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B.
Corn Products Refining Company
Corn Products Refining Company was a major early 20th-century American agribusiness firm specializing in processing corn into starches, sweeteners, and other industrial and food products.
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C.
Sohio
Sohio was a major American oil company based in Ohio that operated gas stations and petroleum operations before being acquired by BP.
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D.
American Can Company
American Can Company was a major U.S. manufacturer that played a leading role in the development and mass production of metal cans and packaging during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
C&H Sugar refinery
The C&H Sugar refinery is a historic industrial complex in Crockett, California, that has long served as a major West Coast sugar processing and packaging facility.
- 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: American Sugar Refining Company Target entity description: The American Sugar Refining Company was a dominant late-19th-century sugar trust whose acquisition of competitors led to the landmark antitrust case United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
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A.
Imperial Sugar
Imperial Sugar is a historic American sugar refining company closely associated with the development and identity of Sugar Land, Texas.
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B.
Corn Products Refining Company
Corn Products Refining Company was a major early 20th-century American agribusiness firm specializing in processing corn into starches, sweeteners, and other industrial and food products.
-
C.
Sohio
Sohio was a major American oil company based in Ohio that operated gas stations and petroleum operations before being acquired by BP.
-
D.
American Can Company
American Can Company was a major U.S. manufacturer that played a leading role in the development and mass production of metal cans and packaging during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
-
E.
C&H Sugar refinery
The C&H Sugar refinery is a historic industrial complex in Crockett, California, that has long served as a major West Coast sugar processing and packaging facility.
- 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.