Triple
T19693858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thorn EMI |
E472902
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thorn Electrical Industries |
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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: Thorn Electrical Industries | Statement: [Thorn EMI, formedByMergerOf, Thorn Electrical Industries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thorn Electrical Industries Context triple: [Thorn EMI, formedByMergerOf, Thorn Electrical Industries]
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A.
Thompson Products
Thompson Products was an American manufacturing company best known for producing automotive and aircraft engine components and later becoming a predecessor to aerospace and defense contractor TRW Inc.
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B.
Jeumont Electric
Jeumont Electric is a French company specializing in the design and manufacture of electrical equipment and systems, particularly for energy, industrial, and transportation applications.
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C.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
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D.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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E.
Crompton
Crompton is an English surname most notably associated with Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the spinning mule that revolutionized textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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: Thorn Electrical Industries Target entity description: Thorn Electrical Industries was a major British electrical engineering and manufacturing company known for producing lighting, consumer electronics, and domestic appliances in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Thompson Products
Thompson Products was an American manufacturing company best known for producing automotive and aircraft engine components and later becoming a predecessor to aerospace and defense contractor TRW Inc.
-
B.
Jeumont Electric
Jeumont Electric is a French company specializing in the design and manufacture of electrical equipment and systems, particularly for energy, industrial, and transportation applications.
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C.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
-
D.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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E.
Crompton
Crompton is an English surname most notably associated with Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the spinning mule that revolutionized textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e64211e5d481908358d922e0dca271 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.