Triple
T26278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Hudson |
E525
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entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
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FINISHED |
| Object |
English merchants of the Company of Adventurers
English merchants of the Company of Adventurers were a group of London-based investors and traders who financed early 17th-century voyages of exploration and commerce, including Henry Hudson’s expeditions in search of new trade routes.
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E2008
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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: English merchants of the Company of Adventurers | Statement: [Henry Hudson, employer, English merchants of the Company of Adventurers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English merchants of the Company of Adventurers Context triple: [Henry Hudson, employer, English merchants of the Company of Adventurers]
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A.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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B.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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C.
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
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D.
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust is a charitable foundation that promotes social progress and public well-being across the UK through research, advocacy, and grant-making.
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E.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
- 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: English merchants of the Company of Adventurers Triple: [Henry Hudson, employer, English merchants of the Company of Adventurers]
Generated description
English merchants of the Company of Adventurers were a group of London-based investors and traders who financed early 17th-century voyages of exploration and commerce, including Henry Hudson’s expeditions in search of new trade routes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English merchants of the Company of Adventurers Target entity description: English merchants of the Company of Adventurers were a group of London-based investors and traders who financed early 17th-century voyages of exploration and commerce, including Henry Hudson’s expeditions in search of new trade routes.
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A.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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B.
Bonbright and Company
Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
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C.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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D.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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E.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
- 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a246776cf48190aca9855cb07e8d89 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a248e88e588190a704e7b83d3dc07c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24c29bf64819087a7b51e8a94c278 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a24cb52c9c8190a27dcb969b989649 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.