Triple
T5243787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais |
E118407
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Roderigue Hortalez et Cie
Roderigue Hortalez et Cie was a covert trading company used as a front by France and Spain to secretly supply arms and aid to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolutionary War.
|
E504691
|
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: Roderigue Hortalez et Cie | Statement: [Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, founded, Roderigue Hortalez et Cie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roderigue Hortalez et Cie Context triple: [Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, founded, Roderigue Hortalez et Cie]
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A.
G. Charpentier et Cie
G. Charpentier et Cie was a prominent 19th-century French publishing house known for issuing works by leading literary figures of its time.
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B.
Jean Zuber et Cie
Jean Zuber et Cie is a historic French wallpaper manufacturer renowned for its high-quality panoramic scenic wallpapers produced since the late 18th century.
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C.
Perret Frères
Perret Frères was a pioneering early 20th-century French architectural firm renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete in modern architecture.
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D.
Hallgarten & Company
Hallgarten & Company was a prominent New York investment banking and brokerage firm active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Henry Laurens & Company
Henry Laurens & Company was a prominent 18th-century Charleston-based mercantile and slave-trading firm associated with American statesman and merchant Henry Laurens.
- 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: Roderigue Hortalez et Cie Triple: [Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, founded, Roderigue Hortalez et Cie]
Generated description
Roderigue Hortalez et Cie was a covert trading company used as a front by France and Spain to secretly supply arms and aid to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolutionary War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roderigue Hortalez et Cie Target entity description: Roderigue Hortalez et Cie was a covert trading company used as a front by France and Spain to secretly supply arms and aid to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
G. Charpentier et Cie
G. Charpentier et Cie was a prominent 19th-century French publishing house known for issuing works by leading literary figures of its time.
-
B.
Jean Zuber et Cie
Jean Zuber et Cie is a historic French wallpaper manufacturer renowned for its high-quality panoramic scenic wallpapers produced since the late 18th century.
-
C.
Perret Frères
Perret Frères was a pioneering early 20th-century French architectural firm renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete in modern architecture.
-
D.
Hallgarten & Company
Hallgarten & Company was a prominent New York investment banking and brokerage firm active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
Henry Laurens & Company
Henry Laurens & Company was a prominent 18th-century Charleston-based mercantile and slave-trading firm associated with American statesman and merchant Henry Laurens.
- 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_69bd4468aacc8190a8196f71855cdf4f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b4da7308190856cdcee9cca41eb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bef82f2738819080c5a0963f6dbbb0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bef909df208190b96b2a7a4a404f69 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bef96ed108819084cc9e44ae415a6d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.