Triple

T2021505
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Twice-Told Tales E44114 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Hilliard, Gray & Co.
Hilliard, Gray & Co. was a 19th-century Boston-based publishing firm known for issuing notable American literary works, including Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Twice-Told Tales."
E225200 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: Hilliard, Gray & Co. | Statement: [Twice-Told Tales, publisher, Hilliard, Gray & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hilliard, Gray & Co.
Context triple: [Twice-Told Tales, publisher, Hilliard, Gray & Co.]
  • A. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • B. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. Lee, Higginson & Co.
    Lee, Higginson & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Boston investment banking firm influential in American and international finance.
  • 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: Hilliard, Gray & Co.
Triple: [Twice-Told Tales, publisher, Hilliard, Gray & Co.]
Generated description
Hilliard, Gray & Co. was a 19th-century Boston-based publishing firm known for issuing notable American literary works, including Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Twice-Told Tales."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hilliard, Gray & Co.
Target entity description: Hilliard, Gray & Co. was a 19th-century Boston-based publishing firm known for issuing notable American literary works, including Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Twice-Told Tales."
  • A. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • B. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. Lee, Higginson & Co.
    Lee, Higginson & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Boston investment banking firm influential in American and international finance.
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8ee02dc81908fec9fd8df7a4f40 completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0af60fac8190bc8c8a212a422305 completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b8bd2bc8190a6f16519f3f6e924 completed March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0bf5364c8190bffbbd211a5e11a6 completed March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.