Triple

T261597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John A. Roebling E5551 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
E34178 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: John A. Roebling’s Sons Company | Statement: [John A. Roebling, founded, John A. Roebling’s Sons Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Context triple: [John A. Roebling, founded, John A. Roebling’s Sons Company]
  • A. American Bridge Company
    American Bridge Company is a major U.S. engineering and construction firm historically known for building large-scale steel structures such as bridges and skyscrapers.
  • B. J. C. Nichols Company
    J. C. Nichols Company was a prominent Kansas City real estate development firm best known for pioneering master-planned residential communities and the landmark Country Club Plaza shopping district.
  • C. New York Central Railroad
    New York Central Railroad was one of the largest and most influential American railroads, known for its extensive network in the northeastern United States and iconic passenger trains like the 20th Century Limited.
  • D. Shawmut
    Shawmut is a neighborhood rapid transit station on Boston's MBTA Red Line, located in the Dorchester area.
  • E. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
    New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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: John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Triple: [John A. Roebling, founded, John A. Roebling’s Sons Company]
Generated description
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Target entity description: John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • A. American Bridge Company
    American Bridge Company is a major U.S. engineering and construction firm historically known for building large-scale steel structures such as bridges and skyscrapers.
  • B. J. C. Nichols Company
    J. C. Nichols Company was a prominent Kansas City real estate development firm best known for pioneering master-planned residential communities and the landmark Country Club Plaza shopping district.
  • C. New York Central Railroad
    New York Central Railroad was one of the largest and most influential American railroads, known for its extensive network in the northeastern United States and iconic passenger trains like the 20th Century Limited.
  • D. Shawmut
    Shawmut is a neighborhood rapid transit station on Boston's MBTA Red Line, located in the Dorchester area.
  • E. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
    New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d7428dc8190ae12b12a21fcc6cb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38618a6e4819080e2d8ee3d828af7 completed March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a387f84b848190abf95906325f7806 completed March 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3884bff5081909785fbc6681bb430 completed March 1, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.