Triple

T2538264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Science and the Modern World E56322 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object The Macmillan Company
The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.
E279065 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: The Macmillan Company | Statement: [Science and the Modern World, publisher, The Macmillan Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Macmillan Company
Context triple: [Science and the Modern World, publisher, The Macmillan Company]
  • A. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
    G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
  • B. Charles Scribner's Sons
    Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
  • C. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • D. Harcourt Brace & World
    Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Appleton-Century
    Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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: The Macmillan Company
Triple: [Science and the Modern World, publisher, The Macmillan Company]
Generated description
The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Macmillan Company
Target entity description: The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.
  • A. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
    G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
  • B. Charles Scribner's Sons
    Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
  • C. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • D. Harcourt Brace & World
    Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Appleton-Century
    Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd298fc2481908b2925bf6a06532b completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af65573c30819080a8f0235e5dd8be completed March 10, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af665e21e881908e0b45301a93c906 completed March 10, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af66b41cf08190b227b54031371b7e completed March 10, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.