Triple
T536404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. W. Norton & Company |
E12336
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Warder Norton
William Warder Norton was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known for establishing the independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
|
E103479
|
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: William Warder Norton | Statement: [W. W. Norton & Company, foundedBy, William Warder Norton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Warder Norton Context triple: [W. W. Norton & Company, foundedBy, William Warder Norton]
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A.
Joseph Henry White
Joseph Henry White, better known as Jo Jo White, was an American Hall of Fame basketball player famed for his standout career with the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
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B.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
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C.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
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D.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
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E.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
- 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: William Warder Norton Triple: [W. W. Norton & Company, foundedBy, William Warder Norton]
Generated description
William Warder Norton was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known for establishing the independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Warder Norton Target entity description: William Warder Norton was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known for establishing the independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
-
A.
Joseph Henry White
Joseph Henry White, better known as Jo Jo White, was an American Hall of Fame basketball player famed for his standout career with the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
-
B.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
-
C.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
-
D.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
-
E.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
- 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_69a4933208e88190891f5debab1b776d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a496da8e108190b4874c3b85290464 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b830bf5c81908784e8146987eb96 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7ba8dd7408190b5ee7688e45f2473 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7bc1da490819097fe1e60e3e93ba4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.