Triple
T5602965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mott MacDonald |
E147163
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir M MacDonald & Partners
Sir M MacDonald & Partners was a British engineering consultancy firm that became one of the principal predecessors of the global engineering, management, and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
|
E533781
|
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: Sir M MacDonald & Partners | Statement: [Mott MacDonald, foundedBy, Sir M MacDonald & Partners]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir M MacDonald & Partners Context triple: [Mott MacDonald, foundedBy, Sir M MacDonald & Partners]
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A.
A. A. Binnie and Partners
A. A. Binnie and Partners was a prominent British civil engineering consultancy known for designing major hydraulic and infrastructure projects worldwide.
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B.
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners was a prominent British civil engineering consultancy known for its major infrastructure and building projects in the UK and abroad.
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C.
G. Maunsell & Partners
G. Maunsell & Partners was a prominent British civil engineering and consulting firm known for designing major infrastructure projects, including significant bridges and transport structures worldwide.
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D.
Connell Mott MacDonald
Connell Mott MacDonald is an engineering consultancy firm known for providing structural engineering services on major projects such as the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
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E.
Squire and Partners
Squire and Partners is a London-based architecture and design practice known for its contemporary, high-profile residential and commercial projects in the UK and internationally.
- 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: Sir M MacDonald & Partners Triple: [Mott MacDonald, foundedBy, Sir M MacDonald & Partners]
Generated description
Sir M MacDonald & Partners was a British engineering consultancy firm that became one of the principal predecessors of the global engineering, management, and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir M MacDonald & Partners Target entity description: Sir M MacDonald & Partners was a British engineering consultancy firm that became one of the principal predecessors of the global engineering, management, and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
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A.
A. A. Binnie and Partners
A. A. Binnie and Partners was a prominent British civil engineering consultancy known for designing major hydraulic and infrastructure projects worldwide.
-
B.
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners was a prominent British civil engineering consultancy known for its major infrastructure and building projects in the UK and abroad.
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C.
G. Maunsell & Partners
G. Maunsell & Partners was a prominent British civil engineering and consulting firm known for designing major infrastructure projects, including significant bridges and transport structures worldwide.
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D.
Connell Mott MacDonald
Connell Mott MacDonald is an engineering consultancy firm known for providing structural engineering services on major projects such as the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
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E.
Squire and Partners
Squire and Partners is a London-based architecture and design practice known for its contemporary, high-profile residential and commercial projects in the UK and internationally.
- 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_69c009043d648190a7af89698ccf1e3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020dce10c8190bf456602eec211d4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0287649cc8190ae356790dd993973 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0350eb53081909dc573fefa3e7f0a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c036f0edb48190bfa74f7f2c9d9ab1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.