Triple

T173783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In the Shadow of Man E3533 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object William Collins, Sons
William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
E21723 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: William Collins, Sons | Statement: [In the Shadow of Man, publisher, William Collins, Sons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Collins, Sons
Context triple: [In the Shadow of Man, publisher, William Collins, Sons]
  • A. Henry Colburn
    Henry Colburn was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for issuing influential works of literature, travel, and science, including early publications by Charles Darwin.
  • B. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • C. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. James R. Osgood & Co.
    James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
  • E. Bonbright and Company
    Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
  • 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: William Collins, Sons
Triple: [In the Shadow of Man, publisher, William Collins, Sons]
Generated description
William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Collins, Sons
Target entity description: William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
  • A. Henry Colburn
    Henry Colburn was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for issuing influential works of literature, travel, and science, including early publications by Charles Darwin.
  • B. George Allen & Unwin
    George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • C. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. James R. Osgood & Co.
    James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
  • E. Bonbright and Company
    Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
  • 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258e1ec008190a89dd452f72574f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2e7e38b8881908c5030f7c9553aff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2e8f4bc508190bbf7f46ba45a0bfb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e9dfe0ac8190a48809a28fa0c8bd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.