Triple
T22378678
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hicks Lumber Company Store |
E553212
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hicks Lumber Company |
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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: Hicks Lumber Company | Statement: [Hicks Lumber Company Store, associatedWith, Hicks Lumber Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hicks Lumber Company Context triple: [Hicks Lumber Company Store, associatedWith, Hicks Lumber Company]
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A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was a major Midwestern lumber firm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries closely tied to timber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s expanding wood-products empire.
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C.
Pope & Talbot lumber company
Pope & Talbot lumber company was a prominent American lumber and shipping firm that operated major sawmills and timber operations in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia from the 19th century into the late 20th century.
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D.
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber Company was a historic American timber and lumber firm connected to prominent lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the broader Upper Midwest logging industry.
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E.
Patrick Lumber Company
Patrick Lumber Company is a family-owned lumber and wood products business historically associated with the Patrick family and known for its role in the regional timber industry.
- 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: Hicks Lumber Company Target entity description: Hicks Lumber Company was a regional lumber and building materials supplier known for operating retail stores that served contractors and homeowners.
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A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
-
B.
Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was a major Midwestern lumber firm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries closely tied to timber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s expanding wood-products empire.
-
C.
Pope & Talbot lumber company
Pope & Talbot lumber company was a prominent American lumber and shipping firm that operated major sawmills and timber operations in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia from the 19th century into the late 20th century.
-
D.
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber Company was a historic American timber and lumber firm connected to prominent lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the broader Upper Midwest logging industry.
-
E.
Patrick Lumber Company
Patrick Lumber Company is a family-owned lumber and wood products business historically associated with the Patrick family and known for its role in the regional timber industry.
- 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_69e11e4c03248190a26a5060ea6973ee |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1582a04ac81908d4d389b150be7f1 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:45 p.m.