Triple
T9387639
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Babcock International |
E225943
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Herman Babcock
George Herman Babcock was an American inventor and engineer best known for co-developing the widely used Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler and helping to found the engineering firm that evolved into Babcock International.
|
E798778
|
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: George Herman Babcock | Statement: [Babcock International, foundedBy, George Herman Babcock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Herman Babcock Context triple: [Babcock International, foundedBy, George Herman Babcock]
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A.
Barry Babcock
Barry Babcock is an American cable television industry executive best known as a co-founder of Charter Communications.
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B.
Harry O. Wood
Harry O. Wood was an American seismologist known for his pioneering work in instrumental seismology and the development of early standardized seismographs.
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C.
Edgar Frederick Yost III
Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost III is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to the 2015 World Series championship.
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D.
John H. Evers
John H. Evers is an individual known primarily for bearing the surname Evers in a context where notable name-bearers are recorded or discussed.
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E.
Tom Spaulding
Tom Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose summer experiences the story’s nostalgic and magical view of small-town life is revealed.
- 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: George Herman Babcock Triple: [Babcock International, foundedBy, George Herman Babcock]
Generated description
George Herman Babcock was an American inventor and engineer best known for co-developing the widely used Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler and helping to found the engineering firm that evolved into Babcock International.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Herman Babcock Target entity description: George Herman Babcock was an American inventor and engineer best known for co-developing the widely used Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler and helping to found the engineering firm that evolved into Babcock International.
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A.
Barry Babcock
Barry Babcock is an American cable television industry executive best known as a co-founder of Charter Communications.
-
B.
Harry O. Wood
Harry O. Wood was an American seismologist known for his pioneering work in instrumental seismology and the development of early standardized seismographs.
-
C.
Edgar Frederick Yost III
Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost III is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to the 2015 World Series championship.
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D.
John H. Evers
John H. Evers is an individual known primarily for bearing the surname Evers in a context where notable name-bearers are recorded or discussed.
-
E.
Tom Spaulding
Tom Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose summer experiences the story’s nostalgic and magical view of small-town life is revealed.
- 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_69ca842e9dcc8190a264119e683cfe04 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd50d562a48190875d9fe3aae25a2b |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1101e83e8819093fe8d25c819820b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d110d745648190a0c3b62cc34932ba |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1112ef0f881909ab2ffdaea160c40 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.