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.]
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.