Triple
T18478651
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John William Sterling |
E451499
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shearman & Sterling |
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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: Shearman & Sterling | Statement: [John William Sterling, coFounded, Shearman & Sterling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shearman & Sterling Context triple: [John William Sterling, coFounded, Shearman & Sterling]
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A.
Shearman & Sterling
chosen
Shearman & Sterling is a prominent international law firm headquartered in New York City, known for its work in corporate, financial, and transactional law.
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B.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a prominent international law firm based in New York City, renowned for its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation practices.
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C.
Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm known for its extensive corporate, finance, and litigation practices across major financial and business centers worldwide.
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D.
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis is a prominent American law firm known for its work in corporate, litigation, and restructuring matters for major global clients.
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E.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
- 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_69d8d38465a0819099b9b42d2a662ac1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e53065e8388190bb216dae89f8cf75 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.