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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.