Triple

T3843675
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William B. Waddell E93514 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Russell, Majors and Waddell
Russell, Majors and Waddell was a 19th-century American freight and transportation firm best known for operating the Pony Express across the western United States.
E392447 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: Russell, Majors and Waddell | Statement: [William B. Waddell, memberOf, Russell, Majors and Waddell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell, Majors and Waddell
Context triple: [William B. Waddell, memberOf, Russell, Majors and Waddell]
  • A. Burnham and Root
    Burnham and Root was a prominent late-19th-century Chicago architectural firm known for pioneering early skyscraper design and shaping the city’s post–Great Fire skyline.
  • B. Warren and Wetmore
    Warren and Wetmore was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm best known for designing grand Beaux-Arts buildings, including major New York City landmarks such as Grand Central Terminal.
  • C. Aylott and Jones
    Aylott and Jones was a 19th-century London publishing firm known for issuing early Pre-Raphaelite works, including the short-lived literary magazine *The Germ*.
  • D. Russell Johnson
    Russell Johnson was a renowned American acoustician celebrated for designing the acoustics of major concert halls and performance venues around the world.
  • E. Rogers & Wells
    Rogers & Wells was a prominent New York-based law firm known for its corporate and international legal practice before merging into Clifford Chance in 2000.
  • 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: Russell, Majors and Waddell
Triple: [William B. Waddell, memberOf, Russell, Majors and Waddell]
Generated description
Russell, Majors and Waddell was a 19th-century American freight and transportation firm best known for operating the Pony Express across the western United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell, Majors and Waddell
Target entity description: Russell, Majors and Waddell was a 19th-century American freight and transportation firm best known for operating the Pony Express across the western United States.
  • A. Burnham and Root
    Burnham and Root was a prominent late-19th-century Chicago architectural firm known for pioneering early skyscraper design and shaping the city’s post–Great Fire skyline.
  • B. Warren and Wetmore
    Warren and Wetmore was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm best known for designing grand Beaux-Arts buildings, including major New York City landmarks such as Grand Central Terminal.
  • C. Aylott and Jones
    Aylott and Jones was a 19th-century London publishing firm known for issuing early Pre-Raphaelite works, including the short-lived literary magazine *The Germ*.
  • D. Russell Johnson
    Russell Johnson was a renowned American acoustician celebrated for designing the acoustics of major concert halls and performance venues around the world.
  • E. Rogers & Wells
    Rogers & Wells was a prominent New York-based law firm known for its corporate and international legal practice before merging into Clifford Chance in 2000.
  • 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeebb4fd308190a636ba9dbbe57ed6 completed March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5040f93948190b104cf1b7db671b7 completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b504c46dcc8190a9775c39e5c734a9 completed March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b505742830819093a861bde17c03c0 completed March 14, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.