Triple

T2472417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. Walter Thompson E55007 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Carlton & Smith
Carlton & Smith was an early American advertising agency that evolved into what became the global firm J. Walter Thompson.
E270568 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: Carlton & Smith | Statement: [J. Walter Thompson, predecessor, Carlton & Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlton & Smith
Context triple: [J. Walter Thompson, predecessor, Carlton & Smith]
  • A. Reilly & Britton
    Reilly & Britton was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s Oz books, including those featuring Princess Ozma.
  • B. Hurd & Houghton
    Hurd & Houghton was a 19th-century American publishing firm that became part of the lineage leading to the modern educational and trade publisher Houghton Mifflin.
  • C. Gray & Barton
    Gray & Barton was the 19th-century telegraph equipment manufacturing firm that evolved into the major American telecommunications company later known as Western Electric.
  • D. Armet & Davis
    Armet & Davis was a mid-20th-century American architectural firm best known for its futuristic, space-age commercial designs that helped define the Googie style, especially in coffee shops and roadside restaurants.
  • E. Luke Hansard and Sons
    Luke Hansard and Sons was a prominent British printing firm best known for its long-standing role as the official printer of the proceedings of the UK Parliament.
  • 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: Carlton & Smith
Triple: [J. Walter Thompson, predecessor, Carlton & Smith]
Generated description
Carlton & Smith was an early American advertising agency that evolved into what became the global firm J. Walter Thompson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlton & Smith
Target entity description: Carlton & Smith was an early American advertising agency that evolved into what became the global firm J. Walter Thompson.
  • A. Reilly & Britton
    Reilly & Britton was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s Oz books, including those featuring Princess Ozma.
  • B. Hurd & Houghton
    Hurd & Houghton was a 19th-century American publishing firm that became part of the lineage leading to the modern educational and trade publisher Houghton Mifflin.
  • C. Gray & Barton
    Gray & Barton was the 19th-century telegraph equipment manufacturing firm that evolved into the major American telecommunications company later known as Western Electric.
  • D. Armet & Davis
    Armet & Davis was a mid-20th-century American architectural firm best known for its futuristic, space-age commercial designs that helped define the Googie style, especially in coffee shops and roadside restaurants.
  • E. Luke Hansard and Sons
    Luke Hansard and Sons was a prominent British printing firm best known for its long-standing role as the official printer of the proceedings of the UK Parliament.
  • 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_69ab49e279e88190ab10d7248aea9d11 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd138872481908184e06d3584718e completed March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17a5bb04819090b3156a9819b87d completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1aca9a5081909e3a1b810b61e19d completed March 9, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1b45a30c8190a3555fea9c03e343 completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.