Triple
T20904537
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Matthew Ewing |
E514758
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vacuum Oil Company |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Vacuum Oil Company | Statement: [Matthew Ewing, coFounded, Vacuum Oil Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vacuum Oil Company Context triple: [Matthew Ewing, coFounded, Vacuum Oil Company]
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A.
Vacuum Oil Company
chosen
Vacuum Oil Company was an American petroleum company founded in the 19th century that became a major producer of lubricating oils and a predecessor to parts of what is now ExxonMobil.
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B.
South Oil Company
South Oil Company is a major Iraqi state-owned oil enterprise responsible for exploration, production, and development of oil fields primarily in the southern region of Iraq.
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C.
Union Oil
Union Oil was a major American petroleum company, historically significant as a prominent West Coast oil producer and refiner later absorbed into Chevron.
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D.
Missan Oil Company
Missan Oil Company is an Iraqi state-owned oil firm responsible for exploring, developing, and producing hydrocarbons in the Maysan (Missan) governorate’s oil fields.
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E.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company was a major American oil company that emerged from the Standard Oil breakup and later evolved into Mobil, a key predecessor of ExxonMobil.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4f8a1108190bce3d31331290ced |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6e8ff36488190987ecdfcbed4220c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:47 p.m.