Triple
T5463429
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Electric Tower |
E122647
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Buffalo General Electric Company
Buffalo General Electric Company was a regional electric utility based in Buffalo, New York, that played a key role in the early development and distribution of electrical power in the area.
|
E521336
|
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: Buffalo General Electric Company | Statement: [Electric Tower, originalOwner, Buffalo General Electric Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo General Electric Company Context triple: [Electric Tower, originalOwner, Buffalo General Electric Company]
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A.
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a major late-19th-century American electrical manufacturing firm that became a key predecessor to General Electric.
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B.
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) was a major German electrical equipment and engineering company that became a pioneering force in industrial design, technology, and consumer appliances in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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D.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
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E.
Continental Edison Company
Continental Edison Company was an early electrical engineering firm associated with Thomas Edison that employed pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla during his early career.
- 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: Buffalo General Electric Company Triple: [Electric Tower, originalOwner, Buffalo General Electric Company]
Generated description
Buffalo General Electric Company was a regional electric utility based in Buffalo, New York, that played a key role in the early development and distribution of electrical power in the area.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo General Electric Company Target entity description: Buffalo General Electric Company was a regional electric utility based in Buffalo, New York, that played a key role in the early development and distribution of electrical power in the area.
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A.
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a major late-19th-century American electrical manufacturing firm that became a key predecessor to General Electric.
-
B.
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) was a major German electrical equipment and engineering company that became a pioneering force in industrial design, technology, and consumer appliances in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
-
C.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
-
D.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
-
E.
Continental Edison Company
Continental Edison Company was an early electrical engineering firm associated with Thomas Edison that employed pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla during his early career.
- 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_69bd4643f16081908d7f29e08096115a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd92033dd08190a90bcae6b9f149d3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf415146988190823ab77b091231a1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf43a3f6f88190b3ea0c6760b498d1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf4414beec8190a390481d802402b1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.