Triple

T4861236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McClelland and Stewart E108663 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart was an earlier Canadian publishing firm that evolved into the well-known book publisher McClelland and Stewart.
 E474437 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: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart | Statement: [McClelland and Stewart, predecessor, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
Context triple: [McClelland and Stewart, predecessor, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart]
  • A. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • B. Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
    Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for its influential Brutalist designs and major civic projects.
  • C. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • D. Connell Mott MacDonald
    Connell Mott MacDonald is an engineering consultancy firm known for providing structural engineering services on major projects such as the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
  • E. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • 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: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
Triple: [McClelland and Stewart, predecessor, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart]
Generated description
McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart was an earlier Canadian publishing firm that evolved into the well-known book publisher McClelland and Stewart.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
Target entity description: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart was an earlier Canadian publishing firm that evolved into the well-known book publisher McClelland and Stewart.
  • A. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • B. Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
    Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for its influential Brutalist designs and major civic projects.
  • C. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • D. Connell Mott MacDonald
    Connell Mott MacDonald is an engineering consultancy firm known for providing structural engineering services on major projects such as the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
  • E. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • 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_69bd6d5e247c8190b6ae4e9b529f0345 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5e833ca88190b89dda5cafb180fe completed March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5eed97a08190afd99a0700f1f4c7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.