Triple

T9387640
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Babcock International E225943 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Stephen Wilcox
Stephen Wilcox was an American inventor and engineer best known as the co-founder of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, a pioneering firm in steam boiler and power generation technology.
E802372 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: Stephen Wilcox | Statement: [Babcock International, foundedBy, Stephen Wilcox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Wilcox
Context triple: [Babcock International, foundedBy, Stephen Wilcox]
  • A. Paul Wilcox
    Paul Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," known as the son of businessman Henry Wilcox and a member of the wealthy Wilcox family.
  • B. F. Brett Cox
    F. Brett Cox is an American writer, critic, and academic known for his work in speculative fiction and his contributions to genre scholarship.
  • C. Brian Willett
    Brian Willett is an American musician best known as a member and touring keyboardist/guitarist for the pop rock band OneRepublic.
  • D. Guy Weadick
    Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
  • E. Stephen McFeely
    Stephen McFeely is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several major Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Captain America trilogy and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
  • 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: Stephen Wilcox
Triple: [Babcock International, foundedBy, Stephen Wilcox]
Generated description
Stephen Wilcox was an American inventor and engineer best known as the co-founder of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, a pioneering firm in steam boiler and power generation technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Wilcox
Target entity description: Stephen Wilcox was an American inventor and engineer best known as the co-founder of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, a pioneering firm in steam boiler and power generation technology.
  • A. Paul Wilcox
    Paul Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," known as the son of businessman Henry Wilcox and a member of the wealthy Wilcox family.
  • B. F. Brett Cox
    F. Brett Cox is an American writer, critic, and academic known for his work in speculative fiction and his contributions to genre scholarship.
  • C. Brian Willett
    Brian Willett is an American musician best known as a member and touring keyboardist/guitarist for the pop rock band OneRepublic.
  • D. Guy Weadick
    Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
  • E. Stephen McFeely
    Stephen McFeely is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several major Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Captain America trilogy and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
  • 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_69d12ccc3584819090a66cd50375c5af completed April 4, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12ee57e4c8190967b0eb282fe1a71 completed April 4, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12f74c1d88190b0537ff5dd7b09c7 completed April 4, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.