Triple

T2620186
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John McShain E58988 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object John McShain, Inc.
John McShain, Inc. was a prominent American construction firm known for building major landmarks in Washington, D.C., including parts of the Pentagon and the Jefferson Memorial.
E284046 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 McShain, Inc. | Statement: [John McShain, employer, John McShain, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McShain, Inc.
Context triple: [John McShain, employer, John McShain, Inc.]
  • A. The Margaret Fink Company
    The Margaret Fink Company is an Australian film production company best known for producing the acclaimed period drama "My Brilliant Career."
  • B. John P. Jewett & Company
    John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
  • C. Eggers & Higgins
    Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • D. Fred F. French Company
    The Fred F. French Company was a prominent early 20th-century New York real estate development firm known for pioneering large-scale, planned residential complexes.
  • E. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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 McShain, Inc.
Triple: [John McShain, employer, John McShain, Inc.]
Generated description
John McShain, Inc. was a prominent American construction firm known for building major landmarks in Washington, D.C., including parts of the Pentagon and the Jefferson Memorial.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McShain, Inc.
Target entity description: John McShain, Inc. was a prominent American construction firm known for building major landmarks in Washington, D.C., including parts of the Pentagon and the Jefferson Memorial.
  • A. The Margaret Fink Company
    The Margaret Fink Company is an Australian film production company best known for producing the acclaimed period drama "My Brilliant Career."
  • B. John P. Jewett & Company
    John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
  • C. Eggers & Higgins
    Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • D. Fred F. French Company
    The Fred F. French Company was a prominent early 20th-century New York real estate development firm known for pioneering large-scale, planned residential complexes.
  • E. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd897acb481909a976b70304cc30e completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af908ec0cc8190ab8feb8f237eac4b completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af91a3b4588190acfb360dac6e5ce0 completed March 10, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af920b7fcc8190b5a34c7c626a1c5d completed March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.