Triple
T4707320
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Thomson Steel Works |
E104420
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edgar Thomson
Edgar Thomson was a 19th-century American industrialist and railroad executive whose name is associated with one of the earliest major steel mills in the United States.
|
E463625
|
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: Edgar Thomson | Statement: [Edgar Thomson Steel Works, namedAfter, Edgar Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgar Thomson Context triple: [Edgar Thomson Steel Works, namedAfter, Edgar Thomson]
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A.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
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B.
Thomas A. Scott
Thomas A. Scott was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman who played a key logistical role for the Union during the Civil War.
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C.
Charles W. Durant
Charles W. Durant was a 19th-century American financier and railroad executive, known for his involvement in major railway enterprises and as a member of the prominent Durant family.
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D.
Frederick H. Billings
Frederick H. Billings was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and president of the Northern Pacific Railway, known for his role in railroad expansion and conservation efforts in the American West.
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E.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
- 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: Edgar Thomson Triple: [Edgar Thomson Steel Works, namedAfter, Edgar Thomson]
Generated description
Edgar Thomson was a 19th-century American industrialist and railroad executive whose name is associated with one of the earliest major steel mills in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgar Thomson Target entity description: Edgar Thomson was a 19th-century American industrialist and railroad executive whose name is associated with one of the earliest major steel mills in the United States.
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A.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
-
B.
Thomas A. Scott
Thomas A. Scott was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman who played a key logistical role for the Union during the Civil War.
-
C.
Charles W. Durant
Charles W. Durant was a 19th-century American financier and railroad executive, known for his involvement in major railway enterprises and as a member of the prominent Durant family.
-
D.
Frederick H. Billings
Frederick H. Billings was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and president of the Northern Pacific Railway, known for his role in railroad expansion and conservation efforts in the American West.
-
E.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
- 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_69bd43eac3c08190af7e4020c6c3704c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63e9f0b88190820aa7fba2f91b6e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be106d1fc08190808c19025c6f37c4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be112d37bc8190bed120740ceb9726 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be11ab38308190a6c1a9fa8a5154ce |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.