Triple
T2423871
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Blizzard Entertainment |
E53480
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Davidson & Associates
Davidson & Associates was an American educational software and publishing company best known in gaming history as the mid-1990s parent company of Blizzard Entertainment.
|
E265680
|
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: Davidson & Associates | Statement: [Blizzard Entertainment, acquiredBy, Davidson & Associates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davidson & Associates Context triple: [Blizzard Entertainment, acquiredBy, Davidson & Associates]
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A.
Morrison Hershfield
Morrison Hershfield is a Canadian engineering firm known for providing structural and multidisciplinary engineering services on major infrastructure and building projects.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
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C.
Kirkegaard Associates
Kirkegaard Associates is an acoustical consulting firm renowned for designing the sound environments of prominent performance spaces and concert halls worldwide.
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D.
Hasbrouck Donovan
Hasbrouck Donovan is one of the children of American basketball coach Billy Donovan.
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E.
Foster Associates
Foster Associates is the renowned architectural practice established by British architect Norman Foster, known for its innovative, high-tech modernist designs.
- 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: Davidson & Associates Triple: [Blizzard Entertainment, acquiredBy, Davidson & Associates]
Generated description
Davidson & Associates was an American educational software and publishing company best known in gaming history as the mid-1990s parent company of Blizzard Entertainment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davidson & Associates Target entity description: Davidson & Associates was an American educational software and publishing company best known in gaming history as the mid-1990s parent company of Blizzard Entertainment.
-
A.
Morrison Hershfield
Morrison Hershfield is a Canadian engineering firm known for providing structural and multidisciplinary engineering services on major infrastructure and building projects.
-
B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
-
C.
Kirkegaard Associates
Kirkegaard Associates is an acoustical consulting firm renowned for designing the sound environments of prominent performance spaces and concert halls worldwide.
-
D.
Hasbrouck Donovan
Hasbrouck Donovan is one of the children of American basketball coach Billy Donovan.
-
E.
Foster Associates
Foster Associates is the renowned architectural practice established by British architect Norman Foster, known for its innovative, high-tech modernist designs.
- 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc973aee08190b543492f436f3fe5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf5e33208190a6899e6672b3daeb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aec590516c81908f5126e203bb3638 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aec6194a3c81909055a16553f39e78 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.