Triple
T2129247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Discover Financial Services |
E46498
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Dean Witter Financial Services Group
Dean Witter Financial Services Group was a major American financial services and brokerage firm that became best known as the predecessor to Discover Financial Services and later part of Morgan Stanley.
|
E237824
|
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: Dean Witter Financial Services Group | Statement: [Discover Financial Services, foundedBy, Dean Witter Financial Services Group]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dean Witter Financial Services Group Context triple: [Discover Financial Services, foundedBy, Dean Witter Financial Services Group]
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A.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is a major American wealth management and investment banking firm known for its brokerage services and role in global financial markets.
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B.
Citigroup
Citigroup is a major American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City.
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C.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm known for its investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services.
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D.
Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers was a prominent Wall Street investment bank known for its influential role in the bond market and its aggressive trading culture in the late 20th century.
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E.
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and asset management firm headquartered in New York City.
- 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: Dean Witter Financial Services Group Triple: [Discover Financial Services, foundedBy, Dean Witter Financial Services Group]
Generated description
Dean Witter Financial Services Group was a major American financial services and brokerage firm that became best known as the predecessor to Discover Financial Services and later part of Morgan Stanley.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dean Witter Financial Services Group Target entity description: Dean Witter Financial Services Group was a major American financial services and brokerage firm that became best known as the predecessor to Discover Financial Services and later part of Morgan Stanley.
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A.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is a major American wealth management and investment banking firm known for its brokerage services and role in global financial markets.
-
B.
Citigroup
Citigroup is a major American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City.
-
C.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm known for its investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services.
-
D.
Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers was a prominent Wall Street investment bank known for its influential role in the bond market and its aggressive trading culture in the late 20th century.
-
E.
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and asset management firm headquartered in New York City.
- 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_69a88a1626548190ae59a5028c3baa8e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbb7659f48190871cb27faf47e18a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae51a36398819081df18cc18bc3456 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae528634608190bf10e3abf5a2c2d9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae536431bc8190b9f293d74046cb27 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.