Triple
T14316697
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomson Corporation |
E354973
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West Publishing |
E19238
|
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: West Publishing | Statement: [Thomson Corporation, acquired, West Publishing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Publishing Context triple: [Thomson Corporation, acquired, West Publishing]
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A.
West Publishing Company
chosen
West Publishing Company is a major American legal publishing firm best known for producing comprehensive case law reporters, legal digests, and research tools used by lawyers and courts.
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B.
International Publishing Corporation
International Publishing Corporation was a major British magazine and newspaper publishing company that became one of the largest media groups in the UK during the mid-20th century.
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C.
World Publishing Company
World Publishing Company was a prominent American book publisher known for producing a wide range of trade and literary titles in the mid-20th century.
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D.
American Publishers Corporation
American Publishers Corporation was a 19th-century American publishing company known for issuing literary and travel works, including notable titles such as "Six Months in Mexico."
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E.
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine publisher best known for its black-and-white horror, fantasy, and science fiction comic magazines such as Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella.
- 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8838e45c819080ee69dd39e3bd43 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd468a3b788190812ff0eed84fd139 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.