Triple
T4378356
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John White Alexander |
E99063
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Harper & Brothers |
E15750
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Harper & Brothers | Statement: [John White Alexander, employer, Harper & Brothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harper & Brothers Context triple: [John White Alexander, employer, Harper & Brothers]
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A.
Harper & Brothers
chosen
Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
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B.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
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D.
The Macmillan Company
The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.
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E.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35240092c81908e26ff607d665e7a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e51907688190ad964d341eb84529 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.