Triple
T22630114
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hercules Inc. |
E558524
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hercules Powder 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: Hercules Powder Company | Statement: [Hercules Inc., successor, Hercules Powder Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hercules Powder Company Context triple: [Hercules Inc., successor, Hercules Powder Company]
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A.
Hercules Powder Company
chosen
Hercules Powder Company was an American explosives and chemical manufacturing firm that became a major producer of industrial and military propellants and later evolved into the diversified chemical company Hercules Inc.
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B.
Maxim Powder Company
Maxim Powder Company was an explosives manufacturing firm associated with inventor and chemist Hudson Maxim, known for its work in gunpowder and munitions.
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C.
Pemberton Chemical Company
Pemberton Chemical Company was a pharmaceutical and chemical business founded and operated by John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of the original Coca-Cola formula.
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D.
King Powder Company
King Powder Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century explosives manufacturer whose operations played a central role in the industrial and community development of Kings Mills, Ohio.
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E.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
- 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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17008e7648190b243c18067b4efb9 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:02 p.m.