Triple

T6593658
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Crown E148422 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Material Service Corporation
Material Service Corporation was a major Chicago-based building materials and aggregates company that became the foundation of industrialist Henry Crown’s business empire.
E607887 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: Material Service Corporation | Statement: [Henry Crown, founded, Material Service Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Material Service Corporation
Context triple: [Henry Crown, founded, Material Service Corporation]
  • A. Mitre Corporation
    Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
  • B. Marcus Corporation
    Marcus Corporation is a U.S.-based company best known for its movie theatre and hospitality businesses, including operating cinema chains and hotels.
  • C. W. W. Grainger, Inc.
    W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a major American industrial supply company that distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services to businesses and institutions.
  • D. Litton Industries
    Litton Industries was a major American conglomerate best known for its diversified operations in electronics, defense, and industrial manufacturing during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Martin Company
    Martin Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for developing missiles, spacecraft, and military systems before merging into Lockheed Martin.
  • 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: Material Service Corporation
Triple: [Henry Crown, founded, Material Service Corporation]
Generated description
Material Service Corporation was a major Chicago-based building materials and aggregates company that became the foundation of industrialist Henry Crown’s business empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Material Service Corporation
Target entity description: Material Service Corporation was a major Chicago-based building materials and aggregates company that became the foundation of industrialist Henry Crown’s business empire.
  • A. Mitre Corporation
    Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
  • B. Marcus Corporation
    Marcus Corporation is a U.S.-based company best known for its movie theatre and hospitality businesses, including operating cinema chains and hotels.
  • C. W. W. Grainger, Inc.
    W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a major American industrial supply company that distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services to businesses and institutions.
  • D. Litton Industries
    Litton Industries was a major American conglomerate best known for its diversified operations in electronics, defense, and industrial manufacturing during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Martin Company
    Martin Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for developing missiles, spacecraft, and military systems before merging into Lockheed Martin.
  • 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_69c687e7b8688190811ffee72e096468 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6aecf50ac81909cb9960c8265a7ea completed March 27, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6e42d6ba08190beccfad588594780 completed March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6e7c75140819082a32e4662e0b07c completed March 27, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6e8881b848190bd6184aeaf311d24 completed March 27, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:55 p.m.