Triple
T638774
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Berkshire Hathaway |
E16684
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Valley Falls Company
Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
|
E79834
|
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: Valley Falls Company | Statement: [Berkshire Hathaway, foundedBy, Valley Falls Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Valley Falls Company Context triple: [Berkshire Hathaway, foundedBy, Valley Falls Company]
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A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Northesk
Northesk is the territorial designation associated with the Scottish peerage title Earl of Northesk, historically linked to the Carnegie family.
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C.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
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D.
John Company
John Company is a historical nickname for the British East India Company, the powerful trading corporation that played a central role in establishing British rule in India.
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E.
Mount Company
Mount Company is a film production company best known for producing the 1988 baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- 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: Valley Falls Company Triple: [Berkshire Hathaway, foundedBy, Valley Falls Company]
Generated description
Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Valley Falls Company Target entity description: Valley Falls Company was a 19th-century New England textile manufacturing firm that became one of the key predecessors to what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
-
A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
-
B.
Northesk
Northesk is the territorial designation associated with the Scottish peerage title Earl of Northesk, historically linked to the Carnegie family.
-
C.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
-
D.
John Company
John Company is a historical nickname for the British East India Company, the powerful trading corporation that played a central role in establishing British rule in India.
-
E.
Mount Company
Mount Company is a film production company best known for producing the 1988 baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f00260081909d1a679182e23d10 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a574076b30819090f086b42696bb35 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5748d5a4c8190b4f8fcbbae972b88 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a574fb37348190b0979dad87e79e53 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.