Triple
T552272
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Electric |
E11865
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
|
E131802
|
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: Enos M. Barton | Statement: [Western Electric, foundedBy, Enos M. Barton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Enos M. Barton Context triple: [Western Electric, foundedBy, Enos M. Barton]
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A.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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B.
Willis C. Hawley
Willis C. Hawley was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
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C.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
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D.
Frederick T. Gates
Frederick T. Gates was an American Baptist minister and influential philanthropic advisor to John D. Rockefeller who helped shape and direct major charitable initiatives in education, public health, and scientific research.
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E.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
- 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: Enos M. Barton Triple: [Western Electric, foundedBy, Enos M. Barton]
Generated description
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Enos M. Barton Target entity description: Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
-
A.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
-
B.
Willis C. Hawley
Willis C. Hawley was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
-
C.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
-
D.
Frederick T. Gates
Frederick T. Gates was an American Baptist minister and influential philanthropic advisor to John D. Rockefeller who helped shape and direct major charitable initiatives in education, public health, and scientific research.
-
E.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
- 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_69a4932941d08190815efd422f0b4ca7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a499047bd4819089ca8345f1b6e46c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5e8f412c8190a50bfd63ce435663 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5f3b0ee8819094ba1bdbaac8c43d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5fa6a43881908b0ac30c4e376c5b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.