Triple
T3741363
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Black & Veatch |
E79705
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Bateman Black
Ernest Bateman Black was an American engineer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
|
E385106
|
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: Ernest Bateman Black | Statement: [Black & Veatch, founder, Ernest Bateman Black]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Bateman Black Context triple: [Black & Veatch, founder, Ernest Bateman Black]
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A.
Harold Julian Amery
Harold Julian Amery, known as Julian Amery, was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister who served in several key government posts during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Isaac Foot
Isaac Foot was a British Liberal politician, solicitor, and devout Methodist known for his parliamentary career and as the patriarch of a prominent political family.
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C.
Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper was a prominent British Conservative politician, diplomat, and writer who served in several key government roles during the first half of the 20th century.
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D.
Stafford Cripps
Stafford Cripps was a prominent British Labour politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the mid-20th century and played a major role in shaping postwar economic policy.
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E.
Herbert Morrison
Herbert Morrison was a prominent British Labour politician who served in several senior government roles, including Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, during the 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: Ernest Bateman Black Triple: [Black & Veatch, founder, Ernest Bateman Black]
Generated description
Ernest Bateman Black was an American engineer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Bateman Black Target entity description: Ernest Bateman Black was an American engineer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
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A.
Harold Julian Amery
Harold Julian Amery, known as Julian Amery, was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister who served in several key government posts during the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Isaac Foot
Isaac Foot was a British Liberal politician, solicitor, and devout Methodist known for his parliamentary career and as the patriarch of a prominent political family.
-
C.
Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper was a prominent British Conservative politician, diplomat, and writer who served in several key government roles during the first half of the 20th century.
-
D.
Stafford Cripps
Stafford Cripps was a prominent British Labour politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the mid-20th century and played a major role in shaping postwar economic policy.
-
E.
Herbert Morrison
Herbert Morrison was a prominent British Labour politician who served in several senior government roles, including Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, during the 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcb549490819084ebe69aae5ccf95 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4db26adbc8190becd03db70e63112 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4dc2c274c8190a7c8fa419186e188 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e0065b008190b2ad78546e563b4d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.