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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
hostsCompany
chosen
Indicates that one entity provides space, infrastructure, or support for a company to operate, be located, or hold activities.
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B.
hostedOn
Indicates that one entity operates, resides, or is made available on another entity that provides the underlying platform or infrastructure.
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C.
hosted
Indicates that one entity organized and provided the venue or platform for an event, activity, or presence involving another entity.
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D.
homeCompany
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or base company associated with another entity, such as a person or subsidiary.
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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.