Triple

T17816974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Denny and Brothers E444870 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Alexander Denny — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Alexander Denny | Statement: [William Denny and Brothers, foundedBy, Alexander Denny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Denny
Context triple: [William Denny and Brothers, foundedBy, Alexander Denny]
  • A. John Seaton
    John Seaton is a fictional character from the 1978 British-American sports drama film "International Velvet."
  • B. Anton Cropper
    Anton Cropper is an American television director and producer known for his work on series such as L.A.'s Finest and Black-ish.
  • C. John Rymill
    John Rymill was an Australian polar explorer best known for leading the British Graham Land Expedition in the 1930s, which significantly advanced the mapping and understanding of the Antarctic Peninsula region.
  • D. Alexander Dyle
    Alexander Dyle is a mysterious man entangled in a web of deception and hidden identities in the 1963 romantic thriller film "Charade."
  • E. Alexander Dyer
    Alexander Dyer was a notable figure significant enough in local or regional history that the town of Dyer, Indiana, was named in his honor.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Denny
Target entity description: Alexander Denny was a founder of the Scottish shipbuilding firm William Denny and Brothers, a prominent company in the 19th- and early 20th-century British maritime industry.
  • A. John Seaton
    John Seaton is a fictional character from the 1978 British-American sports drama film "International Velvet."
  • B. Anton Cropper
    Anton Cropper is an American television director and producer known for his work on series such as L.A.'s Finest and Black-ish.
  • C. John Rymill
    John Rymill was an Australian polar explorer best known for leading the British Graham Land Expedition in the 1930s, which significantly advanced the mapping and understanding of the Antarctic Peninsula region.
  • D. Alexander Dyle
    Alexander Dyle is a mysterious man entangled in a web of deception and hidden identities in the 1963 romantic thriller film "Charade."
  • E. Alexander Dyer
    Alexander Dyer was a notable figure significant enough in local or regional history that the town of Dyer, Indiana, was named in his honor.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e48880457c81908214741d6cd7a1ee completed April 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m.