Triple
T14433176
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kenneth Thomson |
E357885
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFamilyBusiness |
P8006
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomson family business empire |
E71515
|
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: Thomson family business empire | Statement: [Kenneth Thomson, hasFamilyBusiness, Thomson family business empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomson family business empire Context triple: [Kenneth Thomson, hasFamilyBusiness, Thomson family business empire]
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A.
Thomson family
chosen
The Thomson family is a prominent Canadian business dynasty known for its vast media and information-services holdings and status as one of the world’s wealthiest families.
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B.
Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation was a major Canadian multinational media and information company that became one of the world’s largest providers of news and financial data before merging to form Thomson Reuters.
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C.
Thomson
Thomson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the patronymic "son of Thomas" and borne by numerous notable figures in science, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Westinghouse family
The Westinghouse family is an American industrial dynasty best known for producing inventor and entrepreneur George Westinghouse, a pioneer in electrical power systems and railway technology.
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E.
Southam family
The Southam family is a prominent Canadian family historically influential in the newspaper publishing industry and civic life, particularly in Ottawa.
- 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_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de91471a648190adb7b283a6a85c3e |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd5bd5b1d08190a89e6f004a94b361 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.