Triple
T5979575
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hercules Inc. |
E133084
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hercules Powder Company
Hercules Powder Company was an American explosives and chemical manufacturing firm that became a major producer of industrial and military propellants and later evolved into the diversified chemical company Hercules Inc.
|
E558524
|
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: Hercules Powder Company | Statement: [Hercules Inc., formerName, Hercules Powder Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hercules Powder Company Context triple: [Hercules Inc., formerName, Hercules Powder Company]
-
A.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
-
B.
Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company
Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company was a U.S. chemical manufacturer known for being one of the producers of Agent Orange, the herbicide used extensively during the Vietnam War and later linked to serious health and environmental damage.
-
C.
Atkinson-Kier Company
Atkinson-Kier Company is a constituent business unit or subsidiary within the larger MWAK Company organization.
-
D.
Auto-Ordnance Company
Auto-Ordnance Company is an American firearms manufacturer best known for developing and producing the iconic Thompson submachine gun used extensively in World War II and by law enforcement and criminals during the early 20th century.
-
E.
Emerson Drug Company
Emerson Drug Company was an American pharmaceutical firm best known for producing the popular antacid and pain reliever Bromo-Seltzer.
- 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: Hercules Powder Company Triple: [Hercules Inc., formerName, Hercules Powder Company]
Generated description
Hercules Powder Company was an American explosives and chemical manufacturing firm that became a major producer of industrial and military propellants and later evolved into the diversified chemical company Hercules Inc.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hercules Powder Company Target entity description: Hercules Powder Company was an American explosives and chemical manufacturing firm that became a major producer of industrial and military propellants and later evolved into the diversified chemical company Hercules Inc.
-
A.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
-
B.
Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company
Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company was a U.S. chemical manufacturer known for being one of the producers of Agent Orange, the herbicide used extensively during the Vietnam War and later linked to serious health and environmental damage.
-
C.
Atkinson-Kier Company
Atkinson-Kier Company is a constituent business unit or subsidiary within the larger MWAK Company organization.
-
D.
Auto-Ordnance Company
Auto-Ordnance Company is an American firearms manufacturer best known for developing and producing the iconic Thompson submachine gun used extensively in World War II and by law enforcement and criminals during the early 20th century.
-
E.
Emerson Drug Company
Emerson Drug Company was an American pharmaceutical firm best known for producing the popular antacid and pain reliever Bromo-Seltzer.
- 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_69c0086f45e8819098f73dd16d45ec9d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04a40233081909c04f62ec0382bfd |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0e41d23848190bc7835eb6313b6a5 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0e6b43d008190b4a1653fe7a07dc9 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0eaafaf7c8190875bf892765664f1 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:04 p.m.