Triple
T22429606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Stewart Whipple |
E554462
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entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
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FINISHED |
| Object | Cambridge Scientific Instrument 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: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company | Statement: [Robert Stewart Whipple, employer, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Context triple: [Robert Stewart Whipple, employer, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company]
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A.
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
chosen
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
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B.
United Scientific Instruments
United Scientific Instruments is a British optics company best known for producing military-grade optical sights and related precision instruments.
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C.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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D.
Varian Analytical Instruments
Varian Analytical Instruments was a division of Varian Associates known for designing and manufacturing scientific analytical equipment such as chromatography systems and spectrometers used in research and industry.
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E.
Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron was a major American scientific instruments and laboratory equipment company that became a core predecessor to the modern Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation.
- 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_69e11e4f2d0c819091aa3558ea2ee630 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15a30109481908724a0cf7596d105 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.