Triple
T3974666
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walter Schloss |
E85610
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter J. Schloss Associates
Walter J. Schloss Associates was an investment management firm known for its conservative, deep-value investing approach inspired by Benjamin Graham and run by renowned value investor Walter J. Schloss.
|
E405003
|
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: Walter J. Schloss Associates | Statement: [Walter Schloss, founded, Walter J. Schloss Associates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Schloss Associates Context triple: [Walter Schloss, founded, Walter J. Schloss Associates]
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A.
Wertheim & Company
Wertheim & Company was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm active in the mid-20th century financial industry.
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B.
Shearson Loeb Rhoades
Shearson Loeb Rhoades was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest retail brokerage houses before being acquired and absorbed through a series of financial industry mergers.
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C.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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D.
Buffett Partnership, Ltd.
Buffett Partnership, Ltd. was Warren Buffett’s early investment partnership through which he built his reputation and track record as a value investor before taking control of Berkshire Hathaway.
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E.
Ellerman Investments
Ellerman Investments is a British investment company best known for owning the luxury five-star Ritz London hotel.
- 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: Walter J. Schloss Associates Triple: [Walter Schloss, founded, Walter J. Schloss Associates]
Generated description
Walter J. Schloss Associates was an investment management firm known for its conservative, deep-value investing approach inspired by Benjamin Graham and run by renowned value investor Walter J. Schloss.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Schloss Associates Target entity description: Walter J. Schloss Associates was an investment management firm known for its conservative, deep-value investing approach inspired by Benjamin Graham and run by renowned value investor Walter J. Schloss.
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A.
Wertheim & Company
Wertheim & Company was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm active in the mid-20th century financial industry.
-
B.
Shearson Loeb Rhoades
Shearson Loeb Rhoades was a major American investment banking and brokerage firm that became one of Wall Street’s largest retail brokerage houses before being acquired and absorbed through a series of financial industry mergers.
-
C.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
-
D.
Buffett Partnership, Ltd.
Buffett Partnership, Ltd. was Warren Buffett’s early investment partnership through which he built his reputation and track record as a value investor before taking control of Berkshire Hathaway.
-
E.
Ellerman Investments
Ellerman Investments is a British investment company best known for owning the luxury five-star Ritz London hotel.
- 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_69aed93908348190a26c8aaf4fab3e86 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef9b511f88190afca12c77481b344 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5401712188190aa6144dc1d5dcab6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54411546481908627a8b3ce7a433a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b544a02d5c8190a76a074cc7e98cc5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.