Triple

T6629026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Mead Howells E149873 entity
Predicate partnerInFirm P63242 FINISHED
Object Howells & Stokes
Howells & Stokes was an early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and institutional buildings, particularly in New York City.
E606635 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Howells & Stokes | Statement: [John Mead Howells, partnerInFirm, Howells & Stokes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howells & Stokes
Context triple: [John Mead Howells, partnerInFirm, Howells & Stokes]
  • A. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • B. Renwick & Sands
    Renwick & Sands was a 19th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent buildings such as Booth's Theatre in New York City.
  • C. Houlston and Wright
    Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
  • D. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • E. Holloway & Reeves
    Holloway & Reeves is an architectural firm best known for designing the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh.
  • 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: Howells & Stokes
Triple: [John Mead Howells, partnerInFirm, Howells & Stokes]
Generated description
Howells & Stokes was an early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and institutional buildings, particularly in New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howells & Stokes
Target entity description: Howells & Stokes was an early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and institutional buildings, particularly in New York City.
  • A. Murray & Stewart
    Murray & Stewart was the original construction and engineering firm that later evolved into the major South African company Murray & Roberts.
  • B. Renwick & Sands
    Renwick & Sands was a 19th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent buildings such as Booth's Theatre in New York City.
  • C. Houlston and Wright
    Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
  • D. Benson & Forsyth
    Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural practice known for its modernist and innovative public building designs, including major museum projects.
  • E. Holloway & Reeves
    Holloway & Reeves is an architectural firm best known for designing the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: partnerInFirm
Context triple: [John Mead Howells, partnerInFirm, Howells & Stokes]
  • A. lawPartnerOf
    Indicates a professional relationship in which two individuals are partners in the same law firm or legal practice.
  • B. partnerInOrganizationWith chosen
    Indicates that two entities are associated as partners within the same organization or organizational context.
  • C. judicialPartner
    Indicates a formal partnership or collaborative relationship between entities within a judicial or court-related context.
  • D. formerPartner
    Indicates that one entity was previously in a romantic or partnership relationship with another entity, but that relationship has since ended.
  • E. generalPartner
    Indicates that one entity serves as a general partner of another entity within a partnership relationship.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c687ee50048190aa151765bef16193 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6c308a08881908501c862b3029321 completed March 27, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6e44f5f9c819088cfb4fd87887766 completed March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6e55028ac8190b2bde6637981195c completed March 27, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6e5eacefc819092d0e9f79d90c4a6 completed March 27, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6ad024860819084b9b535b136ede6 completed March 27, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.