Triple
T837298
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | An Autobiography |
E18096
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Blackwood and Sons
William Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for producing influential literary and scholarly works.
|
E98699
|
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: William Blackwood and Sons | Statement: [An Autobiography, publisher, William Blackwood and Sons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackwood and Sons Context triple: [An Autobiography, publisher, William Blackwood and Sons]
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A.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
William Collins, Sons
William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
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C.
J. Hinks & Son
J. Hinks & Son was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing the 20th-century replica of the historic Mayflower, the Mayflower II.
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D.
Henry Willis & Co.
Henry Willis & Co. was a historic insurance brokerage firm that evolved into the global insurance and risk management company later known as Willis Group Holdings.
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E.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
- 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: William Blackwood and Sons Triple: [An Autobiography, publisher, William Blackwood and Sons]
Generated description
William Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for producing influential literary and scholarly works.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackwood and Sons Target entity description: William Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for producing influential literary and scholarly works.
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A.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
William Collins, Sons
William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
-
C.
J. Hinks & Son
J. Hinks & Son was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing the 20th-century replica of the historic Mayflower, the Mayflower II.
-
D.
Henry Willis & Co.
Henry Willis & Co. was a historic insurance brokerage firm that evolved into the global insurance and risk management company later known as Willis Group Holdings.
-
E.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
- 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abcf69888190b342363978273ae2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d9cddb48190b0d297c2cc9f3b3c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a78e21f4ec81909bd9904554eb3f3f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a78ea8b5e481908aac07fe90017986 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.