Triple
T20904542
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vacuum Oil Company |
E514758
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Matthew Ewing |
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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: Matthew Ewing | Statement: [Vacuum Oil Company, foundedBy, Matthew Ewing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Ewing Context triple: [Vacuum Oil Company, foundedBy, Matthew Ewing]
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A.
Matthew Ewing
chosen
Matthew Ewing was a 19th-century American businessman and inventor best known as a co-founder of the Vacuum Oil Company, a precursor to modern oil giants.
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B.
Thomas Whalen
Thomas Whalen was a Scottish sculptor known for his architectural and public works, including prominent pieces in Edinburgh.
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C.
John Eskow
John Eskow is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the swashbuckling adventure film "The Mask of Zorro."
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D.
Michael Holbrook
Michael Holbrook is a personal name most notably associated with individuals in English-speaking countries, sometimes appearing as a given and family name combination.
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E.
George Scudder
George Scudder is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Scudder, though specific widely known public details about him are limited.
- 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.