Triple

T11396242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gulf+Western E269979 entity
Predicate owned P347 FINISHED
Object New Jersey Zinc Company
New Jersey Zinc Company was a major American mining and metals firm known for its extensive zinc production operations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
E923515 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: New Jersey Zinc Company | Statement: [Gulf+Western, owned, New Jersey Zinc Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Jersey Zinc Company
Context triple: [Gulf+Western, owned, New Jersey Zinc Company]
  • A. American Smelting and Refining Company
    American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) is a major U.S.-based mining, smelting, and refining corporation historically known for its production of copper and other nonferrous metals.
  • B. Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
    Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was a major American copper mining company based in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that dominated U.S. copper production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation
    Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation was a U.S. scrap and salvage company known for purchasing and dismantling decommissioned naval vessels and other large industrial assets.
  • D. Republic Iron and Steel Company
    Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
  • E. Kennecott Copper Corporation
    Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.
  • 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: New Jersey Zinc Company
Triple: [Gulf+Western, owned, New Jersey Zinc Company]
Generated description
New Jersey Zinc Company was a major American mining and metals firm known for its extensive zinc production operations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Jersey Zinc Company
Target entity description: New Jersey Zinc Company was a major American mining and metals firm known for its extensive zinc production operations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • A. American Smelting and Refining Company
    American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) is a major U.S.-based mining, smelting, and refining corporation historically known for its production of copper and other nonferrous metals.
  • B. Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
    Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was a major American copper mining company based in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that dominated U.S. copper production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation
    Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation was a U.S. scrap and salvage company known for purchasing and dismantling decommissioned naval vessels and other large industrial assets.
  • D. Republic Iron and Steel Company
    Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
  • E. Kennecott Copper Corporation
    Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d80019d3d48190a2f473deb6eae33a completed April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e58cd74280819092f8c420630f4889 completed April 20, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e59774e6648190a38b2515a83c2e0c completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5a3abf24481908fb71f4ef6b13532 completed April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.