Triple

T18606836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bullough family E454775 entity
Predicate associatedWithCompany P629 FINISHED
Object Howard & Bullough — 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: Howard & Bullough | Statement: [Bullough family, associatedWithCompany, Howard & Bullough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard & Bullough
Context triple: [Bullough family, associatedWithCompany, Howard & Bullough]
  • A. David Hull
    David Hull is an American actor and singer best known for his role as White Josh on the television series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend."
  • B. David Hull
    David Hull is an American rock bassist best known for his work with The Joe Perry Project and as a touring and session musician with various prominent rock acts.
  • C. George Bullough
    George Bullough was a wealthy British industrialist and landowner best known for owning and lavishly developing the Scottish island of Rum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Basil Blackwell
    Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
  • E. J. M. Buckley
    J. M. Buckley was a prominent 19th-century American Methodist Episcopal bishop, editor, and author known for his influence on church policy and religious thought.
  • 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: Howard & Bullough
Target entity description: Howard & Bullough was a prominent British textile machinery manufacturing company closely linked to the Bullough family’s industrial and engineering enterprises.
  • A. David Hull
    David Hull is an American actor and singer best known for his role as White Josh on the television series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend."
  • B. David Hull
    David Hull is an American rock bassist best known for his work with The Joe Perry Project and as a touring and session musician with various prominent rock acts.
  • C. George Bullough
    George Bullough was a wealthy British industrialist and landowner best known for owning and lavishly developing the Scottish island of Rum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Basil Blackwell
    Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
  • E. J. M. Buckley
    J. M. Buckley was a prominent 19th-century American Methodist Episcopal bishop, editor, and author known for his influence on church policy and religious thought.
  • 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e547552a648190839cd8cdfed15e12 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.