Triple
T8035147
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alvin Adams |
E187087
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Adams Express Company
Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
|
E708860
|
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: Adams Express Company | Statement: [Alvin Adams, founded, Adams Express Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adams Express Company Context triple: [Alvin Adams, founded, Adams Express Company]
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A.
James Munroe and Company
James Munroe and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant literary and philosophical works, including those of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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B.
Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company
Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
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C.
William D. Ticknor & Company
William D. Ticknor & Company was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house known for issuing major American literary works and collaborating with authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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D.
J. B. Hunt
J. B. Hunt was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in the United States.
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E.
William A. Read & Co.
William A. Read & Co. was an early 20th-century American investment banking firm founded by financier William A. Read that later evolved into the prominent Wall Street house Dillon, Read & Co.
- 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: Adams Express Company Triple: [Alvin Adams, founded, Adams Express Company]
Generated description
Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adams Express Company Target entity description: Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
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A.
James Munroe and Company
James Munroe and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant literary and philosophical works, including those of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-
B.
Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company
Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
-
C.
William D. Ticknor & Company
William D. Ticknor & Company was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house known for issuing major American literary works and collaborating with authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
-
D.
J. B. Hunt
J. B. Hunt was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in the United States.
-
E.
William A. Read & Co.
William A. Read & Co. was an early 20th-century American investment banking firm founded by financier William A. Read that later evolved into the prominent Wall Street house Dillon, Read & Co.
- 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_69ca82ae2d1081909dbfee42b41db419 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3ef50f4c8190a895ac301f182734 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56f493908190b68e791cdbe725fa |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc5ca6efbc819082f4c643446da354 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc5d6d93f08190b17d6c7a4fad2cf0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:22 p.m.