Triple
T1785153
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Otis Elevator Company |
E39374
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis was an American inventor best known for developing a safety elevator that made modern skyscrapers practical and led to the creation of the Otis Elevator Company.
|
E198178
|
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: Elisha Otis | Statement: [Otis Elevator Company, foundedBy, Elisha Otis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elisha Otis Context triple: [Otis Elevator Company, foundedBy, Elisha Otis]
-
A.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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B.
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
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C.
Leon Moisseiff
Leon Moisseiff was a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer known for pioneering deflection theory in suspension bridge design and contributing to several major American bridges.
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D.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
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E.
William Arrol
William Arrol was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and bridge builder renowned for leading the construction of major late-19th-century steel structures, including iconic railway bridges in the United Kingdom.
- 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: Elisha Otis Triple: [Otis Elevator Company, foundedBy, Elisha Otis]
Generated description
Elisha Otis was an American inventor best known for developing a safety elevator that made modern skyscrapers practical and led to the creation of the Otis Elevator Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elisha Otis Target entity description: Elisha Otis was an American inventor best known for developing a safety elevator that made modern skyscrapers practical and led to the creation of the Otis Elevator Company.
-
A.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
-
B.
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
-
C.
Leon Moisseiff
Leon Moisseiff was a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer known for pioneering deflection theory in suspension bridge design and contributing to several major American bridges.
-
D.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
-
E.
William Arrol
William Arrol was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and bridge builder renowned for leading the construction of major late-19th-century steel structures, including iconic railway bridges in the United Kingdom.
- 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa650d304481908ad9bff3eadf7da6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada9a476448190b072361fe4b41537 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adab05cf6c81909f4713664f508ad9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adaeb20390819098bad8951ec00d00 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.