Triple

T2719575
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation E60049 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas Sutherland
Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
E322524 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: Thomas Sutherland | Statement: [Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, foundedBy, Thomas Sutherland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sutherland
Context triple: [Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, foundedBy, Thomas Sutherland]
  • A. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • B. Gordon Drummond
    Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
  • C. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 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: Thomas Sutherland
Triple: [Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, foundedBy, Thomas Sutherland]
Generated description
Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sutherland
Target entity description: Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • A. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • B. Gordon Drummond
    Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
  • C. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 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_69ab4b746d248190958e052045c09255 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdaaee104819085966bc54d5da9c0 completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1eecec6888190a0d8cb0729856bed completed March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1ef5bbec4819082757bb3ddd614ff completed March 11, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1efdfba0081908e3e30faa8d0f862 completed March 11, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.