Triple
T2462913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British South Africa Company |
E54573
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Beit
Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.
|
E268352
|
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: Alfred Beit | Statement: [British South Africa Company, keyPerson, Alfred Beit]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Beit Context triple: [British South Africa Company, keyPerson, Alfred Beit]
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A.
Simon Baruch
Simon Baruch was a German-born American physician and public health advocate known for promoting hydrotherapy and improving urban sanitation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Junius Spencer Morgan
Junius Spencer Morgan was a prominent 19th-century American banker and financier, best known as the father and business predecessor of J. P. Morgan.
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C.
Solomon Loeb
Solomon Loeb was a prominent 19th-century German-American banker and co-founder of the influential investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
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D.
George Goschen
George Goschen was a British Conservative politician and statesman of the late 19th century who held several high offices, including leadership roles in naval administration.
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E.
Peter Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer is the son of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known primarily for his connection to the famed "father of the atomic bomb."
- 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: Alfred Beit Triple: [British South Africa Company, keyPerson, Alfred Beit]
Generated description
Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Beit Target entity description: Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.
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A.
Simon Baruch
Simon Baruch was a German-born American physician and public health advocate known for promoting hydrotherapy and improving urban sanitation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Junius Spencer Morgan
Junius Spencer Morgan was a prominent 19th-century American banker and financier, best known as the father and business predecessor of J. P. Morgan.
-
C.
Solomon Loeb
Solomon Loeb was a prominent 19th-century German-American banker and co-founder of the influential investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
-
D.
George Goschen
George Goschen was a British Conservative politician and statesman of the late 19th century who held several high offices, including leadership roles in naval administration.
-
E.
Peter Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer is the son of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known primarily for his connection to the famed "father of the atomic bomb."
- 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_69ab49dee84c819096b50a0049c347ac |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd11f093c8190877db3026d430bd5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef0d561a081909310113658b98f12 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aef8380d24819092b6502117a8ed42 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aef936b86c81908573ea73314fe6a9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.