Triple

T21805394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Laird Brothers shipyard E538336 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Laird — 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: William Laird | Statement: [Laird Brothers shipyard, foundedBy, William Laird]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Laird
Context triple: [Laird Brothers shipyard, foundedBy, William Laird]
  • A. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • B. John Rutherfurd
    John Rutherfurd was an American politician and landowner from New Jersey, notable enough in the state's history to have the borough of Rutherford named in his honor.
  • C. Angus L. Bowmer
    Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
  • D. John Graham
    John Graham is an Australian Labor Party politician who serves as a senior minister in the New South Wales government under Premier Chris Minns.
  • E. John Graham
    John Graham was a British colonial military officer after whom the South African town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda) was named.
  • 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: William Laird
Target entity description: William Laird was a 19th-century Scottish-born industrialist and shipbuilder who became a pioneering figure in the development of iron shipbuilding on the River Mersey.
  • A. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • B. John Rutherfurd
    John Rutherfurd was an American politician and landowner from New Jersey, notable enough in the state's history to have the borough of Rutherford named in his honor.
  • C. Angus L. Bowmer
    Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
  • D. John Graham
    John Graham is an Australian Labor Party politician who serves as a senior minister in the New South Wales government under Premier Chris Minns.
  • E. John Graham
    John Graham was a British colonial military officer after whom the South African town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda) was named.
  • 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f07802bffc8190b383a2c89de75f74 completed April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.