Triple

T18616183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Steel Corporation E455026 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Richard Thomas and Baldwins — 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: Richard Thomas and Baldwins | Statement: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, Richard Thomas and Baldwins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Thomas and Baldwins
Context triple: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, Richard Thomas and Baldwins]
  • A. Eddie Kaye Thomas
    Eddie Kaye Thomas is an American actor best known for his role as Paul Finch in the "American Pie" film series and for numerous television and stage appearances.
  • B. Richard H. Thomas
    Richard H. Thomas was an American background artist and layout designer best known for his work on classic Warner Bros. animated cartoons.
  • C. David Thomas
    David Thomas is a software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential programming book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
  • D. Silvester Gardiner
    Silvester Gardiner was an 18th-century American physician, landowner, and prominent Loyalist whose extensive landholdings and development efforts in Maine led to the city of Gardiner being named in his honor.
  • E. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • 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: Richard Thomas and Baldwins
Target entity description: Richard Thomas and Baldwins was a major British steelmaking company formed by the merger of Richard Thomas & Co. and Baldwins Ltd., which played a significant role in the UK steel industry before nationalisation.
  • A. Eddie Kaye Thomas
    Eddie Kaye Thomas is an American actor best known for his role as Paul Finch in the "American Pie" film series and for numerous television and stage appearances.
  • B. Richard H. Thomas
    Richard H. Thomas was an American background artist and layout designer best known for his work on classic Warner Bros. animated cartoons.
  • C. David Thomas
    David Thomas is a software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential programming book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
  • D. Silvester Gardiner
    Silvester Gardiner was an 18th-century American physician, landowner, and prominent Loyalist whose extensive landholdings and development efforts in Maine led to the city of Gardiner being named in his honor.
  • E. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • 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_69e54d05da9c8190b8f4ef3a7a6deb05 completed April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.