Triple
T11267508
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hiram Sibley |
E266724
|
entity |
| Predicate | helpedFound |
P15926
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Union Telegraph Company |
E42198
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Western Union Telegraph Company | Statement: [Hiram Sibley, helpedFound, Western Union Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union Telegraph Company Context triple: [Hiram Sibley, helpedFound, Western Union Telegraph Company]
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A.
Western Union
chosen
Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
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B.
Pacific Telegraph Company
The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
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C.
Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil
Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil was a historic French electronics and telecommunications company that became a key predecessor to the modern Thales Group.
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D.
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company was a regional Canadian telecommunications provider that historically delivered telephone and related communication services throughout the Maritime provinces.
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E.
International Telephone & Telegraph
International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aac8c2f48190ad0596f1f89f0470 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e94e5e3c8190a31995d55d20d7ed |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4f4229c7081909da6b22ee6bf4905 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.