Triple

T8396546
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. E198066 entity
Predicate foundedAs P364 FINISHED
Object Brown Brothers & Co.
Brown Brothers & Co. was a prominent early American private banking firm that later became part of the modern financial institution Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
 E730503 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: Brown Brothers & Co. | Statement: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., foundedAs, Brown Brothers & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brown Brothers & Co.
Context triple: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., foundedAs, Brown Brothers & Co.]
  • A. Brewster & Co.
    Brewster & Co. was a prestigious American coachbuilding firm renowned for crafting luxurious custom bodies for high-end automobiles in the early 20th century.
  • B. Henry Crown and Company
    Henry Crown and Company is a private, family-owned investment firm serving as the primary investment vehicle for the wealthy and influential Crown family of Chicago.
  • C. W. Duke, Sons & Co.
    W. Duke, Sons & Co. was a prominent late-19th-century American cigarette manufacturer that became a core predecessor to the American Tobacco Company trust.
  • D. August Belmont & Co.
    August Belmont & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American investment banking firm influential in railroad finance and public infrastructure projects.
  • E. T. Payne and Son
    T. Payne and Son was an 18th-century London bookselling and publishing firm known for issuing significant works of philosophy and literature.
  • 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: Brown Brothers & Co.
Triple: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., foundedAs, Brown Brothers & Co.]
Generated description
Brown Brothers & Co. was a prominent early American private banking firm that later became part of the modern financial institution Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brown Brothers & Co.
Target entity description: Brown Brothers & Co. was a prominent early American private banking firm that later became part of the modern financial institution Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • A. Brewster & Co.
    Brewster & Co. was a prestigious American coachbuilding firm renowned for crafting luxurious custom bodies for high-end automobiles in the early 20th century.
  • B. Henry Crown and Company
    Henry Crown and Company is a private, family-owned investment firm serving as the primary investment vehicle for the wealthy and influential Crown family of Chicago.
  • C. W. Duke, Sons & Co.
    W. Duke, Sons & Co. was a prominent late-19th-century American cigarette manufacturer that became a core predecessor to the American Tobacco Company trust.
  • D. August Belmont & Co.
    August Belmont & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American investment banking firm influential in railroad finance and public infrastructure projects.
  • E. T. Payne and Son
    T. Payne and Son was an 18th-century London bookselling and publishing firm known for issuing significant works of philosophy and literature.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 completed March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde867d21c8190b066a6c88273ec5a completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfd60188190a1681344e2bf1e9e completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2fa42c8190bfbfc79caf38bf8e completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.