Triple
T2468508
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | remains of Patowmack Canal |
E55310
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Potowmack Company
The Potowmack Company was an 18th-century enterprise, championed by George Washington, that sought to improve navigation on the Potomac River to link the Atlantic seaboard with the western frontier.
|
E270116
|
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: Potowmack Company | Statement: [remains of Patowmack Canal, operator, Potowmack Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Potowmack Company Context triple: [remains of Patowmack Canal, operator, Potowmack Company]
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A.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
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B.
Valley Falls Company
Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
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C.
Dorchester Company
Dorchester Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company involved in early colonial ventures, particularly in New England.
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D.
Woodard Corporation
Woodard Corporation is a group of Anglican-founded independent schools in the United Kingdom, known for providing education with a strong Christian ethos.
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E.
Essex Company
Essex Company was a 19th-century industrial enterprise that developed the planned mill city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, by harnessing water power for large-scale textile manufacturing.
- 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: Potowmack Company Triple: [remains of Patowmack Canal, operator, Potowmack Company]
Generated description
The Potowmack Company was an 18th-century enterprise, championed by George Washington, that sought to improve navigation on the Potomac River to link the Atlantic seaboard with the western frontier.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Potowmack Company Target entity description: The Potowmack Company was an 18th-century enterprise, championed by George Washington, that sought to improve navigation on the Potomac River to link the Atlantic seaboard with the western frontier.
-
A.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
-
B.
Valley Falls Company
Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
-
C.
Dorchester Company
Dorchester Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company involved in early colonial ventures, particularly in New England.
-
D.
Woodard Corporation
Woodard Corporation is a group of Anglican-founded independent schools in the United Kingdom, known for providing education with a strong Christian ethos.
-
E.
Essex Company
Essex Company was a 19th-century industrial enterprise that developed the planned mill city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, by harnessing water power for large-scale textile manufacturing.
- 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd134684c8190bc62c0af22d75538 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af179f90e881909c09edb961b13a75 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af195ec8788190ae2f94f7cd86e605 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af1a28591c8190ab4f3dca260766f5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.