Triple
T21371190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dexter M. Ferry |
E527065
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | D. M. Ferry & Co. |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: D. M. Ferry & Co. | Statement: [Dexter M. Ferry, founded, D. M. Ferry & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. M. Ferry & Co. Context triple: [Dexter M. Ferry, founded, D. M. Ferry & Co.]
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A.
D. M. Ferry & Co.
chosen
D. M. Ferry & Co. was a prominent American seed company founded in the 19th century that became one of the largest and most influential seed distributors in the United States.
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B.
Charles A. Ferry & Son
Charles A. Ferry & Son was an American architectural firm known for designing prominent early 20th-century structures, including major collegiate athletic facilities.
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C.
William S. Farish & Co.
William S. Farish & Co. is a business enterprise linked to the prominent American oil heir and thoroughbred horse breeder William S. Farish, whose family is behind the renowned Lane’s End Farm.
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D.
Gage Brothers & Company
Gage Brothers & Company was a prominent Chicago-based millinery firm known for its fashionable hats and accessories in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
J.W. Foster and Sons
J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b51e80808190ba5cb05667af02a9 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b0ae92c88190a3d3097f5b268a79 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:10 p.m.