Triple

T20816111
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans E512442 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Allen and Ticknor
Allen and Ticknor was a 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing significant early American literary and reform works.
E1453083 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: Allen and Ticknor | Statement: [An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, publisher, Allen and Ticknor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allen and Ticknor
Context triple: [An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, publisher, Allen and Ticknor]
  • A. Howard Malcom Ticknor
    Howard Malcom Ticknor was a 19th-century American editor and publisher associated with the Boston-based Ticknor family of prominent literary figures.
  • B. Seabury & Johnson
    Seabury & Johnson was a 19th-century American medical products company that became an early predecessor to Johnson & Johnson.
  • C. Eaton & Howard
    Eaton & Howard was an early investment management firm that served as the predecessor to what became Eaton Vance.
  • D. Fowler & Wells
    Fowler & Wells was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for promoting phrenology and reform literature, including influential works on social and women's rights.
  • E. Colvin & Earle
    Colvin & Earle is a collaborative folk and Americana album by singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle.
  • 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: Allen and Ticknor
Triple: [An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, publisher, Allen and Ticknor]
Generated description
Allen and Ticknor was a 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing significant early American literary and reform works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allen and Ticknor
Target entity description: Allen and Ticknor was a 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing significant early American literary and reform works.
  • A. Howard Malcom Ticknor
    Howard Malcom Ticknor was a 19th-century American editor and publisher associated with the Boston-based Ticknor family of prominent literary figures.
  • B. Seabury & Johnson
    Seabury & Johnson was a 19th-century American medical products company that became an early predecessor to Johnson & Johnson.
  • C. Eaton & Howard
    Eaton & Howard was an early investment management firm that served as the predecessor to what became Eaton Vance.
  • D. Fowler & Wells
    Fowler & Wells was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for promoting phrenology and reform literature, including influential works on social and women's rights.
  • E. Colvin & Earle
    Colvin & Earle is a collaborative folk and Americana album by singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle.
  • 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_69e0b4cd25088190b48ca9700cd24efc completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c2f3473c81908c43a2ec242b1acd completed April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a090074036081908b02a3553181c77c completed May 16, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a090390e6a0819092dbae50a5845961 completed May 16, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a090402f0708190910174b850dc779a completed May 16, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.