Triple
T7285319
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Adolf Lüderitz |
E163850
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
F. A. Lüderitz & Co.
F. A. Lüderitz & Co. was the trading and colonial enterprise founded by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz that played a key role in the early German colonization of what became German South West Africa (now Namibia).
|
E653377
|
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: F. A. Lüderitz & Co. | Statement: [Adolf Lüderitz, employer, F. A. Lüderitz & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F. A. Lüderitz & Co. Context triple: [Adolf Lüderitz, employer, F. A. Lüderitz & Co.]
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A.
B. H. Schröder & Co.
B. H. Schröder & Co. was a 19th-century commercial firm, likely a trading or merchant house, that employed the young archaeologist-to-be Heinrich Schliemann during his early business career.
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B.
John Swire & Sons
John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
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C.
Henry Laurens & Company
Henry Laurens & Company was a prominent 18th-century Charleston-based mercantile and slave-trading firm associated with American statesman and merchant Henry Laurens.
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D.
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, renowned for its transatlantic passenger and cargo services from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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E.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
- 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: F. A. Lüderitz & Co. Triple: [Adolf Lüderitz, employer, F. A. Lüderitz & Co.]
Generated description
F. A. Lüderitz & Co. was the trading and colonial enterprise founded by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz that played a key role in the early German colonization of what became German South West Africa (now Namibia).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F. A. Lüderitz & Co. Target entity description: F. A. Lüderitz & Co. was the trading and colonial enterprise founded by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz that played a key role in the early German colonization of what became German South West Africa (now Namibia).
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A.
B. H. Schröder & Co.
B. H. Schröder & Co. was a 19th-century commercial firm, likely a trading or merchant house, that employed the young archaeologist-to-be Heinrich Schliemann during his early business career.
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B.
John Swire & Sons
John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
-
C.
Henry Laurens & Company
Henry Laurens & Company was a prominent 18th-century Charleston-based mercantile and slave-trading firm associated with American statesman and merchant Henry Laurens.
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D.
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, renowned for its transatlantic passenger and cargo services from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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E.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
- 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_69c6886093b88190a254b1ce6db8bae7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eb51a8bc8190a3e1ec09ee1aeb38 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7db3e1fd081908457b8202c43f64f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7dc3dd6f88190bf82d22b2cb506a4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7dc951d88819098c6053ddd2e981b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:59 p.m.