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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.