Triple
T6718556
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. |
E153334
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
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FINISHED |
| Object |
G.W.G. Ferris & Co.
G.W.G. Ferris & Co. was the engineering firm founded by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., best known for designing and constructing the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
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E153334
|
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: G.W.G. Ferris & Co. | Statement: [George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., employer, G.W.G. Ferris & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G.W.G. Ferris & Co. Context triple: [George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., employer, G.W.G. Ferris & Co.]
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A.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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B.
George B. Post & Sons
George B. Post & Sons was a prominent American architectural firm known for designing major public and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
D. H. Burnham & Company
D. H. Burnham & Company was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American architectural firm led by Daniel H. Burnham, known for its influential skyscraper designs and major urban planning projects.
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D.
George M. Hill Company
George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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E.
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
- 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: G.W.G. Ferris & Co. Triple: [George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., employer, G.W.G. Ferris & Co.]
Generated description
G.W.G. Ferris & Co. was the engineering firm founded by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., best known for designing and constructing the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G.W.G. Ferris & Co. Target entity description: G.W.G. Ferris & Co. was the engineering firm founded by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., best known for designing and constructing the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
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A.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
chosen
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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B.
George B. Post & Sons
George B. Post & Sons was a prominent American architectural firm known for designing major public and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
D. H. Burnham & Company
D. H. Burnham & Company was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American architectural firm led by Daniel H. Burnham, known for its influential skyscraper designs and major urban planning projects.
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D.
George M. Hill Company
George M. Hill Company was an early 20th-century American publishing house best known for issuing L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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E.
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
- F. None of above.
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_69c68809b4608190a2509ddb5ab87f05 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d135d27c819088c45839ad0e7bab |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7009b9b64819095ae1a65cd72c374 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c705220cb0819081a70175c150d138 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c705db3098819083ce9a93e429b758 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:07 p.m.