Triple

T9994152
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Expressman and the Detective E196958 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object G. W. Carleton & Co.
G. W. Carleton & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literature and bestsellers.
 E833669 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: G. W. Carleton & Co. | Statement: [The Expressman and the Detective, publisher, G. W. Carleton & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. W. Carleton & Co.
Context triple: [The Expressman and the Detective, publisher, G. W. Carleton & Co.]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Carol & Company
    Carol & Company is an American sketch-comedy television series created and headlined by comedian and actress Carol Burnett.
  • C. Phillips, Sampson and Company
    Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
  • D. Henry S. King & Co.
    Henry S. King & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British banking and publishing firm known for its operations in London and colonial India.
  • E. J. T. Buckingham and Company
    J. T. Buckingham and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for producing influential literary and cultural periodicals in New England.
  • 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: G. W. Carleton & Co.
Triple: [The Expressman and the Detective, publisher, G. W. Carleton & Co.]
Generated description
G. W. Carleton & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literature and bestsellers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. W. Carleton & Co.
Target entity description: G. W. Carleton & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literature and bestsellers.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Carol & Company
    Carol & Company is an American sketch-comedy television series created and headlined by comedian and actress Carol Burnett.
  • C. Phillips, Sampson and Company
    Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
  • D. Henry S. King & Co.
    Henry S. King & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British banking and publishing firm known for its operations in London and colonial India.
  • E. J. T. Buckingham and Company
    J. T. Buckingham and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for producing influential literary and cultural periodicals in New England.
  • 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_69ca82f1678c819093d06320a05f16a4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdcb982d5c81909779c6e9d780b399 completed April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2582ac03481908e76c10218f419d5 completed April 5, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d259701e488190b288c9f523a1ec87 completed April 5, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d259da25e081909ac184f4fa80c57e completed April 5, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:50 p.m.