Triple
T18616190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Steel Corporation |
E455026
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Workington Iron and Steel 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: Workington Iron and Steel Company | Statement: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, Workington Iron and Steel Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Workington Iron and Steel Company Context triple: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, Workington Iron and Steel Company]
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A.
Consett Iron Company
Consett Iron Company was a major British iron and steel manufacturer based in Consett, County Durham, that played a key role in the industrial development of northeast England from the 19th to the 20th century.
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B.
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company was an early 20th-century industrial firm in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its role in the city’s iron and steel production and for casting the iconic Vulcan statue.
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C.
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
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D.
Steel Company of Wales
The Steel Company of Wales was a major mid-20th-century Welsh steel producer that played a central role in the development of the British steel industry before its assets were absorbed into the nationalized sector.
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E.
Bethlehem Iron Company
Bethlehem Iron Company was a prominent 19th-century American iron and steel manufacturer that became a major producer of rails and armor plate, forming the core of what later became Bethlehem Steel.
- 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: Workington Iron and Steel Company Target entity description: Workington Iron and Steel Company was a historic iron and steel manufacturer in Workington, Cumbria, known for producing rails and other steel products that supported Britain’s industrial and railway expansion.
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A.
Consett Iron Company
Consett Iron Company was a major British iron and steel manufacturer based in Consett, County Durham, that played a key role in the industrial development of northeast England from the 19th to the 20th century.
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B.
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company was an early 20th-century industrial firm in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its role in the city’s iron and steel production and for casting the iconic Vulcan statue.
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C.
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
-
D.
Steel Company of Wales
The Steel Company of Wales was a major mid-20th-century Welsh steel producer that played a central role in the development of the British steel industry before its assets were absorbed into the nationalized sector.
-
E.
Bethlehem Iron Company
Bethlehem Iron Company was a prominent 19th-century American iron and steel manufacturer that became a major producer of rails and armor plate, forming the core of what later became Bethlehem Steel.
- 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.