Triple

T6525450
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 3M E151290 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Hermon Cable
Hermon Cable was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the company that became 3M.
E602878 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: Hermon Cable | Statement: [3M, foundedBy, Hermon Cable]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermon Cable
Context triple: [3M, foundedBy, Hermon Cable]
  • A. Sterling Manhattan Cable
    Sterling Manhattan Cable was an early New York City cable television company that became a precursor to modern cable networks and helped launch the career of media mogul Charles F. Dolan.
  • B. Copperline
    "Copperline" is a reflective folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, known for its nostalgic lyrics about his North Carolina childhood.
  • C. American Cable Systems
    American Cable Systems was the original cable television company that later evolved into Comcast Corporation, one of the largest media and telecommunications conglomerates in the United States.
  • D. Northern Electric
    Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
  • E. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • 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: Hermon Cable
Triple: [3M, foundedBy, Hermon Cable]
Generated description
Hermon Cable was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the company that became 3M.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermon Cable
Target entity description: Hermon Cable was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the company that became 3M.
  • A. Sterling Manhattan Cable
    Sterling Manhattan Cable was an early New York City cable television company that became a precursor to modern cable networks and helped launch the career of media mogul Charles F. Dolan.
  • B. Copperline
    "Copperline" is a reflective folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, known for its nostalgic lyrics about his North Carolina childhood.
  • C. American Cable Systems
    American Cable Systems was the original cable television company that later evolved into Comcast Corporation, one of the largest media and telecommunications conglomerates in the United States.
  • D. Northern Electric
    Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
  • E. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • 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_69c687f522748190b3058405553cdabd completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ada77b448190b6e0e07494fb4dd3 completed March 27, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d5271b7c8190a602f6ec72efe04c completed March 27, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d622831c8190b09b8539e36afb7c completed March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d6b00ebc8190b893b3e209bf07c0 completed March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:45 p.m.