Triple
T4857963
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Astoria, Oregon |
E108582
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedByOrganization |
P3263
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pacific Fur Company
The Pacific Fur Company was an early 19th-century American fur-trading enterprise backed by John Jacob Astor that played a key role in the commercial and territorial expansion of the Pacific Northwest.
|
E474694
|
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: Pacific Fur Company | Statement: [Astoria, Oregon, foundedByOrganization, Pacific Fur Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Fur Company Context triple: [Astoria, Oregon, foundedByOrganization, Pacific Fur Company]
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A.
Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company
The Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company was a 19th-century fur trading enterprise involved in the early commercial exploitation and settlement of the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
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C.
American Fur Company
The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.
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D.
North West Company
North West Company was a major Canadian fur trading enterprise that rivaled the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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E.
Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company that managed and profited from the Russian Empire’s colonial and fur-trading activities in North America, particularly in Alaska, during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- 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: Pacific Fur Company Triple: [Astoria, Oregon, foundedByOrganization, Pacific Fur Company]
Generated description
The Pacific Fur Company was an early 19th-century American fur-trading enterprise backed by John Jacob Astor that played a key role in the commercial and territorial expansion of the Pacific Northwest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Fur Company Target entity description: The Pacific Fur Company was an early 19th-century American fur-trading enterprise backed by John Jacob Astor that played a key role in the commercial and territorial expansion of the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company
The Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company was a 19th-century fur trading enterprise involved in the early commercial exploitation and settlement of the Pacific Northwest.
-
B.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
-
C.
American Fur Company
The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.
-
D.
North West Company
North West Company was a major Canadian fur trading enterprise that rivaled the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
E.
Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company that managed and profited from the Russian Empire’s colonial and fur-trading activities in North America, particularly in Alaska, during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7162427c81908a67a07545f698ae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cf05d7c8190ac6e1b9e93b5256f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5f98d4d481908eedf03569d38642 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be6044d31081908384ed9da8c6b707 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.