Triple
T19953791
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Timken family |
E479630
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William R. Timken Jr. |
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|
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: William R. Timken Jr. | Statement: [Timken family, hasNotableMember, William R. Timken Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Timken Jr. Context triple: [Timken family, hasNotableMember, William R. Timken Jr.]
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A.
Henry Timken
Henry Timken was a German-American inventor and industrialist best known for founding the Timken Company and developing the tapered roller bearing that revolutionized transportation and machinery.
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B.
Aaron Lufkin Dennison
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was a pioneering American watchmaker and industrialist who helped establish large-scale, standardized watch manufacturing in the United States.
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C.
John Crane
John Crane was an American Revolutionary War officer who rose to prominence as a leader in the Continental Army’s artillery forces.
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D.
William Grainger
William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
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E.
Herbert Beckhard
Herbert Beckhard was an American architect known for his modernist work, including co-designing major federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- 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: William R. Timken Jr. Target entity description: William R. Timken Jr. is an American industrialist and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany and is a prominent member of the Timken manufacturing family.
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A.
Henry Timken
Henry Timken was a German-American inventor and industrialist best known for founding the Timken Company and developing the tapered roller bearing that revolutionized transportation and machinery.
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B.
Aaron Lufkin Dennison
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was a pioneering American watchmaker and industrialist who helped establish large-scale, standardized watch manufacturing in the United States.
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C.
John Crane
John Crane was an American Revolutionary War officer who rose to prominence as a leader in the Continental Army’s artillery forces.
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D.
William Grainger
William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
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E.
Herbert Beckhard
Herbert Beckhard was an American architect known for his modernist work, including co-designing major federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- 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_69d8e522a17c819095165d4d24939fd8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65aee23488190bd92c1593fbc241c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 p.m.