Triple
T3996694
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir Henry Doulton |
E87114
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doulton & Co.
Doulton & Co. was a prominent British ceramics manufacturer renowned for its innovative stoneware and fine china, which later became part of the Royal Doulton brand.
|
E404354
|
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: Doulton & Co. | Statement: [Sir Henry Doulton, employer, Doulton & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doulton & Co. Context triple: [Sir Henry Doulton, employer, Doulton & Co.]
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A.
Wedgwood pottery company
Wedgwood pottery company is a historic English ceramics manufacturer renowned for its fine earthenware and iconic jasperware, which helped set standards for industrial pottery production and design.
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B.
Henry Willis & Co.
Henry Willis & Co. was a historic insurance brokerage firm that evolved into the global insurance and risk management company later known as Willis Group Holdings.
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C.
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a renowned British firm of pipe organ builders, famous for constructing many of the United Kingdom’s most significant concert and church organs.
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D.
Atkinson-Kier Company
Atkinson-Kier Company is a constituent business unit or subsidiary within the larger MWAK Company organization.
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E.
J. & P. Coats
J. & P. Coats is a historic Scottish thread and textile manufacturing company that became one of the world’s leading producers of sewing cotton and later a core part of the Coats Group.
- 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: Doulton & Co. Triple: [Sir Henry Doulton, employer, Doulton & Co.]
Generated description
Doulton & Co. was a prominent British ceramics manufacturer renowned for its innovative stoneware and fine china, which later became part of the Royal Doulton brand.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doulton & Co. Target entity description: Doulton & Co. was a prominent British ceramics manufacturer renowned for its innovative stoneware and fine china, which later became part of the Royal Doulton brand.
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A.
Wedgwood pottery company
Wedgwood pottery company is a historic English ceramics manufacturer renowned for its fine earthenware and iconic jasperware, which helped set standards for industrial pottery production and design.
-
B.
Henry Willis & Co.
Henry Willis & Co. was a historic insurance brokerage firm that evolved into the global insurance and risk management company later known as Willis Group Holdings.
-
C.
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a renowned British firm of pipe organ builders, famous for constructing many of the United Kingdom’s most significant concert and church organs.
-
D.
Atkinson-Kier Company
Atkinson-Kier Company is a constituent business unit or subsidiary within the larger MWAK Company organization.
-
E.
J. & P. Coats
J. & P. Coats is a historic Scottish thread and textile manufacturing company that became one of the world’s leading producers of sewing cotton and later a core part of the Coats Group.
- 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa228d608190b936a86c98c92ef2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5403f14ec8190a77189c7066676f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54112e3788190800e295a745c4689 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b541808d548190987ad1538c647664 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.