Triple
T18253714
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | C. L. Best |
E437165
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | C. L. Best Gas Traction 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: C. L. Best Gas Traction Company | Statement: [C. L. Best, founded, C. L. Best Gas Traction Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. L. Best Gas Traction Company Context triple: [C. L. Best, founded, C. L. Best Gas Traction Company]
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A.
C. L. Best Tractor Company
chosen
C. L. Best Tractor Company was an early 20th-century American manufacturer of agricultural and construction tractors that became a key predecessor to Caterpillar Inc.
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B.
St. Louis Car Company
St. Louis Car Company was a prominent American rolling stock manufacturer known for producing streetcars, interurban cars, and railroad equipment throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
Maxwell Motor Company
Maxwell Motor Company was an early 20th-century American automobile manufacturer that became a key foundation for what later evolved into the Chrysler Corporation.
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D.
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Motor Car Company was an early 20th-century American automobile manufacturer best known for its innovative car designs and as one of the key predecessors to American Motors Corporation.
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E.
Westcott Motor Car Company
Westcott Motor Car Company was an early 20th-century American automobile manufacturer known for producing high-quality, mid-priced cars before ceasing operations in the 1920s.
- 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4fd82f81c81909ad4455954bd8caa |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.