Triple
T22836660
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Next plc |
E565966
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Hepworth & Son |
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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: Joseph Hepworth & Son | Statement: [Next plc, formerName, Joseph Hepworth & Son]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Hepworth & Son Context triple: [Next plc, formerName, Joseph Hepworth & Son]
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A.
Joseph Hepworth & Son
chosen
Joseph Hepworth & Son was a British clothing manufacturer and retailer that evolved into what is now known as the fashion and homeware company Next plc.
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B.
Richard Bentley & Son
Richard Bentley & Son was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing notable works of Victorian literature and popular fiction.
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C.
Henry Boot & Sons
Henry Boot & Sons was a British construction and civil engineering firm, part of the Henry Boot group, known for major building and infrastructure projects in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Waring & Gillow
Waring & Gillow was a prominent British furniture manufacturer and interior design firm known for its high-quality craftsmanship and luxury furnishings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
J. Hinks & Son
J. Hinks & Son was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing the 20th-century replica of the historic Mayflower, the Mayflower II.
- 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_69e245869e188190a196584f36e682da |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17e2f09608190bc8e465e53b39e2e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:35 p.m.