Triple

T4282563
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waterbury E97186 entity
Predicate hostedCompany P9342 FINISHED
Object Waterbury Clock Company
Waterbury Clock Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing affordable clocks and watches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, later evolving into the Timex Corporation.
E426338 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Waterbury Clock Company | Statement: [Waterbury, hostedCompany, Waterbury Clock Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waterbury Clock Company
Context triple: [Waterbury, hostedCompany, Waterbury Clock Company]
  • A. Elgin National Watch Company
    Elgin National Watch Company was a prominent American watch manufacturer, founded in the 19th century, known for producing affordable, high-quality timepieces that helped make pocket and wristwatches widely accessible.
  • B. Worthington Pump Works
    Worthington Pump Works was an industrial manufacturing company founded by engineer Henry Rossiter Worthington, best known for producing innovative steam and hydraulic pumps used in waterworks and other heavy-duty applications.
  • C. Gleason Works
    Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
  • D. Dickson Manufacturing Company
    Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
  • E. Gray & Barton Manufacturing Company
    Gray & Barton Manufacturing Company was an earlier industrial firm that evolved into the later entity known simply as Gray & Barton.
  • 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: Waterbury Clock Company
Triple: [Waterbury, hostedCompany, Waterbury Clock Company]
Generated description
Waterbury Clock Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing affordable clocks and watches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, later evolving into the Timex Corporation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waterbury Clock Company
Target entity description: Waterbury Clock Company was a prominent American manufacturer known for producing affordable clocks and watches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, later evolving into the Timex Corporation.
  • A. Elgin National Watch Company
    Elgin National Watch Company was a prominent American watch manufacturer, founded in the 19th century, known for producing affordable, high-quality timepieces that helped make pocket and wristwatches widely accessible.
  • B. Worthington Pump Works
    Worthington Pump Works was an industrial manufacturing company founded by engineer Henry Rossiter Worthington, best known for producing innovative steam and hydraulic pumps used in waterworks and other heavy-duty applications.
  • C. Gleason Works
    Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
  • D. Dickson Manufacturing Company
    Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
  • E. Gray & Barton Manufacturing Company
    Gray & Barton Manufacturing Company was an earlier industrial firm that evolved into the later entity known simply as Gray & Barton.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hostedCompany
Context triple: [Waterbury, hostedCompany, Waterbury Clock Company]
  • A. hostsCompany chosen
    Indicates that one entity provides space, infrastructure, or support for a company to operate, be located, or hold activities.
  • B. hostedOn
    Indicates that one entity operates, resides, or is made available on another entity that provides the underlying platform or infrastructure.
  • C. hosted
    Indicates that one entity organized and provided the venue or platform for an event, activity, or presence involving another entity.
  • D. homeCompany
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or base company associated with another entity, such as a person or subsidiary.
  • E. alsoHosted
    Indicates that the subject entity, in addition to others, served as a host for the same event or activity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69b3454595848190a0e6bbb6a2bea040 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3503a84548190989a96d1a30d6ef7 completed March 12, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7bec1a88190bd36ed6d48e1c94e completed March 14, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b870a66c8190a59bfc0e99234596 completed March 14, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b908fad88190846278c782a10cdb completed March 14, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69b347fc4c0c8190a7fcd814e27308a5 completed March 12, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.