Triple

T20662876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alvan Clark E507800 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Alvan Clark & Sons — 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: Alvan Clark & Sons | Statement: [Alvan Clark, employer, Alvan Clark & Sons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alvan Clark & Sons
Context triple: [Alvan Clark, employer, Alvan Clark & Sons]
  • A. Alvan Clark
    Alvan Clark was a 19th-century American telescope maker and astronomer renowned for crafting some of the largest and most precise refracting telescopes of his time.
  • B. Meade Instruments
    Meade Instruments is a prominent American manufacturer of telescopes and astronomical accessories, known as a major competitor to Celestron in the consumer and amateur astronomy market.
  • C. American Optical Company
    American Optical Company is a historic U.S. manufacturer best known for producing eyeglasses, optical instruments, and pioneering lens technologies.
  • D. Meade
    Meade is a surname most notably associated with George G. Meade, the Union general who commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
  • E. George M. Hill Company
    George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
  • 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: Alvan Clark & Sons
Target entity description: Alvan Clark & Sons was a renowned 19th-century American firm famous for manufacturing some of the world’s finest refracting telescopes.
  • A. Alvan Clark chosen
    Alvan Clark was a 19th-century American telescope maker and astronomer renowned for crafting some of the largest and most precise refracting telescopes of his time.
  • B. Meade Instruments
    Meade Instruments is a prominent American manufacturer of telescopes and astronomical accessories, known as a major competitor to Celestron in the consumer and amateur astronomy market.
  • C. American Optical Company
    American Optical Company is a historic U.S. manufacturer best known for producing eyeglasses, optical instruments, and pioneering lens technologies.
  • D. Meade
    Meade is a surname most notably associated with George G. Meade, the Union general who commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
  • E. George M. Hill Company
    George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.