Triple

T4974750
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Société Générale E111737 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Paulin Talabot
Paulin Talabot was a 19th-century French engineer, entrepreneur, and banker who played a key role in developing France’s railway network and later helped establish major financial institutions.
 E484631 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Paulin Talabot | Statement: [Société Générale, foundedBy, Paulin Talabot]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paulin Talabot
Context triple: [Société Générale, foundedBy, Paulin Talabot]
  • A. Hyacinthe Gariel
    Hyacinthe Gariel was a 19th-century French engineer best known for designing the original Pont de l’Alma in Paris.
  • B. Firmin
    Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
  • C. Rabaut Saint-Étienne
    Rabaut Saint-Étienne was an 18th-century French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in advocating religious tolerance during the French Revolution.
  • D. Émile Trelat
    Émile Trelat was a 19th-century French engineer, architect, and politician known for his contributions to civil engineering and his role in the early development of technical education in France.
  • E. Christian Bérard
    Christian Bérard was a French artist and theatrical designer renowned for his influential set and costume designs in ballet, theater, and film in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paulin Talabot
Target entity description: Paulin Talabot was a 19th-century French engineer, entrepreneur, and banker who played a key role in developing France’s railway network and later helped establish major financial institutions.
  • A. Hyacinthe Gariel
    Hyacinthe Gariel was a 19th-century French engineer best known for designing the original Pont de l’Alma in Paris.
  • B. Firmin
    Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
  • C. Rabaut Saint-Étienne
    Rabaut Saint-Étienne was an 18th-century French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in advocating religious tolerance during the French Revolution.
  • D. Émile Trelat
    Émile Trelat was a 19th-century French engineer, architect, and politician known for his contributions to civil engineering and his role in the early development of technical education in France.
  • E. Christian Bérard
    Christian Bérard was a French artist and theatrical designer renowned for his influential set and costume designs in ballet, theater, and film in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Paulin Talabot
Triple: [Société Générale, foundedBy, Paulin Talabot]
Generated description
Paulin Talabot was a 19th-century French engineer, entrepreneur, and banker who played a key role in developing France’s railway network and later helped establish major financial institutions.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd441a0eb481908050fa4273b19eae elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd722e77208190833dc760a57428d5 ner completed
NED1 batch_69be8a01e548819087e3a6ae2cd581b9 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69be8c6723f08190b0e722dbb1171173 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69be8c193f2c8190a220ffc2571bcb64 nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.