Triple
T7748112
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christian Brevoort Zabriskie |
E175683
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pacific Coast Borax Company |
E686181
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Pacific Coast Borax Company | Statement: [Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, employer, Pacific Coast Borax Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Coast Borax Company Context triple: [Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, employer, Pacific Coast Borax Company]
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A.
Pacific Coast Borax Company
chosen
Pacific Coast Borax Company was a major American mining and chemical firm best known for its borax operations in Death Valley and its iconic “20 Mule Team Borax” brand.
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B.
Harmony Borax Works
Harmony Borax Works is a historic borax mining and processing site in Death Valley, California, best known for its 19th-century operations and iconic “20-mule team” wagons.
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C.
John Day Company
John Day Company was an American publishing house known for releasing politically and socially engaged works, including progressive and anti-colonial literature in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.
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E.
Doheny Oil Company
Doheny Oil Company was an early 20th-century American petroleum firm established by oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, a key figure in the development of the U.S. oil industry.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c69960b3588190a53aa590d31d9544 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c703affb6c8190adf4723dc1139edf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8c7c89e4c81909196638c159605b8 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.