Triple

T5263125
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vacuum Oil Company E118873 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Matthew Ewing
Matthew Ewing was a 19th-century American businessman and inventor best known as a co-founder of the Vacuum Oil Company, a precursor to modern oil giants.
 E514758 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: Matthew Ewing | Statement: [Vacuum Oil Company, foundedBy, Matthew Ewing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matthew Ewing
Context triple: [Vacuum Oil Company, foundedBy, Matthew Ewing]
  • A. Thomas Whalen
    Thomas Whalen was a Scottish sculptor known for his architectural and public works, including prominent pieces in Edinburgh.
  • B. Joseph Wightman
    Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
  • C. James Algar
    James Algar was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his long career at Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on both animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Matthew Arkin
    Matthew Arkin is an American actor and acting teacher, known for his work in film, television, and theater and as part of the Arkin family of performers.
  • E. Gene Milford
    Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • 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: Matthew Ewing
Triple: [Vacuum Oil Company, foundedBy, Matthew Ewing]
Generated description
Matthew Ewing was a 19th-century American businessman and inventor best known as a co-founder of the Vacuum Oil Company, a precursor to modern oil giants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matthew Ewing
Target entity description: Matthew Ewing was a 19th-century American businessman and inventor best known as a co-founder of the Vacuum Oil Company, a precursor to modern oil giants.
  • A. Thomas Whalen
    Thomas Whalen was a Scottish sculptor known for his architectural and public works, including prominent pieces in Edinburgh.
  • B. Joseph Wightman
    Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
  • C. James Algar
    James Algar was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his long career at Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on both animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Matthew Arkin
    Matthew Arkin is an American actor and acting teacher, known for his work in film, television, and theater and as part of the Arkin family of performers.
  • E. Gene Milford
    Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • 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_69bd446a42c88190b7ecbef006561d55 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7bd2eff4819087420e30c140e6f6 completed March 20, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf290430a08190bf4f00a558d5a1fa completed March 21, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf29886f00819096639d721a4a5d80 completed March 21, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf29e25d80819094f03f02234c357b completed March 21, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.