Triple
T21134699
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | My Early Life: A Roving Commission |
E520785
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thornton Butterworth |
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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: Thornton Butterworth | Statement: [My Early Life: A Roving Commission, publisher, Thornton Butterworth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thornton Butterworth Context triple: [My Early Life: A Roving Commission, publisher, Thornton Butterworth]
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A.
Edward Bancroft
Edward Bancroft was an 18th-century American-born physician, scientist, and double agent who secretly spied for Britain while serving as secretary to the American commissioners in Paris during the Revolutionary War.
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B.
Henry Hetherington
Henry Hetherington was a 19th-century British radical publisher and activist known for his leading role in the early Chartist and working-class reform movements.
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C.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
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D.
George Winnifrith
George Winnifrith was the father of British actress Anna Lee and a member of a family with several connections to the performing arts.
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E.
Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor was a member of the prominent Grosvenor family of the British aristocracy, connected to the Marquess of Westminster lineage.
- 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: Thornton Butterworth Target entity description: Thornton Butterworth was a prominent early 20th-century British publishing house known for issuing influential political and historical works, including Winston Churchill’s writings.
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A.
Edward Bancroft
Edward Bancroft was an 18th-century American-born physician, scientist, and double agent who secretly spied for Britain while serving as secretary to the American commissioners in Paris during the Revolutionary War.
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B.
Henry Hetherington
Henry Hetherington was a 19th-century British radical publisher and activist known for his leading role in the early Chartist and working-class reform movements.
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C.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
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D.
George Winnifrith
George Winnifrith was the father of British actress Anna Lee and a member of a family with several connections to the performing arts.
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E.
Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor was a member of the prominent Grosvenor family of the British aristocracy, connected to the Marquess of Westminster lineage.
- 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_69e0b50b53048190ae34e8abbe3c5ada |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e723592fd48190ba5977a1b229d51e |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.