Triple
T1866485
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ticknor and Fields |
E34932
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fields, Osgood & Co.
Fields, Osgood & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm that continued the prominent literary legacy of Ticknor and Fields, issuing works by leading authors of the period.
|
E207714
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Fields, Osgood & Co. | Statement: [Ticknor and Fields, successor, Fields, Osgood & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fields, Osgood & Co. Context triple: [Ticknor and Fields, successor, Fields, Osgood & Co.]
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A.
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
Ticknor, Reed & Fields was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing major works of American literature, including those by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
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C.
Miller, Orton & Mulligan
Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
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D.
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing major Beaux-Arts and classical revival landmarks, particularly in Chicago.
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E.
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton was an American architectural firm best known for designing major institutional buildings such as the James Madison Memorial Building of the U.S. Library of Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Fields, Osgood & Co. Triple: [Ticknor and Fields, successor, Fields, Osgood & Co.]
Generated description
Fields, Osgood & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm that continued the prominent literary legacy of Ticknor and Fields, issuing works by leading authors of the period.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fields, Osgood & Co. Target entity description: Fields, Osgood & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm that continued the prominent literary legacy of Ticknor and Fields, issuing works by leading authors of the period.
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A.
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
Ticknor, Reed & Fields was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing major works of American literature, including those by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
-
C.
Miller, Orton & Mulligan
Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
-
D.
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing major Beaux-Arts and classical revival landmarks, particularly in Chicago.
-
E.
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton was an American architectural firm best known for designing major institutional buildings such as the James Madison Memorial Building of the U.S. Library of Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb0b5978c81909390f2cbd716ccaf |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69add1d8dd8881909189029a047bc2b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69add28b804c8190a625e5d1405c59be |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69add35731588190a13c969490ca2c09 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.