Triple

T3250117
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. B. Lippincott & Co. E68156 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Joshua Ballinger Lippincott
Joshua Ballinger Lippincott was a 19th-century American publisher best known for establishing one of the era’s leading publishing houses, which produced books, reference works, and educational materials.
E340894 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: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott | Statement: [J. B. Lippincott & Co., foundedBy, Joshua Ballinger Lippincott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott
Context triple: [J. B. Lippincott & Co., foundedBy, Joshua Ballinger Lippincott]
  • A. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn
    Abram Newkirk Littlejohn was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop who became a prominent church leader as the founding bishop of the Diocese of Long Island.
  • B. E. E. Rittenhouse
    E. E. Rittenhouse was an American public health advocate and organizer best known for helping establish what became the American Cancer Society in the early 20th century.
  • C. William Thacker
    William Thacker is the shy, self-deprecating London bookshop owner portrayed by Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy film "Notting Hill."
  • D. Williams Lea
    Williams Lea is a global business process outsourcing and professional services company specializing in document, information, and customer communication management for corporate clients.
  • E. Joseph Ellicott
    Joseph Ellicott was an early 19th-century American surveyor and land agent best known for laying out and helping to develop the city of Buffalo, New York.
  • 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: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott
Triple: [J. B. Lippincott & Co., foundedBy, Joshua Ballinger Lippincott]
Generated description
Joshua Ballinger Lippincott was a 19th-century American publisher best known for establishing one of the era’s leading publishing houses, which produced books, reference works, and educational materials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott
Target entity description: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott was a 19th-century American publisher best known for establishing one of the era’s leading publishing houses, which produced books, reference works, and educational materials.
  • A. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn
    Abram Newkirk Littlejohn was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop who became a prominent church leader as the founding bishop of the Diocese of Long Island.
  • B. E. E. Rittenhouse
    E. E. Rittenhouse was an American public health advocate and organizer best known for helping establish what became the American Cancer Society in the early 20th century.
  • C. William Thacker
    William Thacker is the shy, self-deprecating London bookshop owner portrayed by Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy film "Notting Hill."
  • D. Williams Lea
    Williams Lea is a global business process outsourcing and professional services company specializing in document, information, and customer communication management for corporate clients.
  • E. Joseph Ellicott
    Joseph Ellicott was an early 19th-century American surveyor and land agent best known for laying out and helping to develop the city of Buffalo, New York.
  • 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaf40f7908190a450c3136fccb020 completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2776934108190ac405ba5ebd47084 completed March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b27c2c16188190af03674ead3944de completed March 12, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b27ca63b1c8190ac6f67aef6d2c7e1 completed March 12, 2026, 8:43 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.