Triple

T24761949
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Swansea copper industry E619469 entity
Predicate hadMajorCompany P158106 FINISHED
Object Williams Foster & Co.
Williams Foster & Co. was a prominent copper-smelting firm based in Swansea that played a key role in the town’s development as a major 19th-century center of the global copper industry.
 E1654816 NE FINISHED

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: Williams Foster & Co. | Statement: [Swansea copper industry, hadMajorCompany, Williams Foster & Co.]
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: Williams Foster & Co.
Triple: [Swansea copper industry, hadMajorCompany, Williams Foster & Co.]
Generated description
Williams Foster & Co. was a prominent copper-smelting firm based in Swansea that played a key role in the town’s development as a major 19th-century center of the global copper industry.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: hadMajorCompany
Context triple: [Swansea copper industry, hadMajorCompany, Williams Foster & Co.]
  • A. hadMajorCompany chosen
    Indicates that an entity previously owned, led, or was primarily associated with a major company.
  • B. hasMajorCompanyOrigin
    Indicates that an entity originates from, was founded by, or initially developed within a major company.
  • C. hadCompanyAt
    Indicates that an entity was accompanied by or in the presence of another entity at a specific time or place.
  • D. hasMajor
    Indicates that an entity (typically a person or student) has a specific primary field of academic study or specialization.
  • E. hasMajorOrganization
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or primarily represented by a major organization.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69e2fabbea94819092ed41348909622f completed April 18, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f47b865df48190bf4b6d3e9f9305e6 completed May 1, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a101c122b948190a145a4e87ec9ed67 completed May 22, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a10276d02a88190a0943a9e4726b3f3 completed May 22, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a102831042c8190a71800f81513ddbf completed May 22, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69f4682c8a3c8190adbfaac99474eaaf completed May 1, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Created at: April 18, 2026, 4:27 a.m.