Triple
T272428
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company |
E5663
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas J. Watson
Thomas J. Watson was an American business executive best known for transforming the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM and leading it to become a dominant force in the early computer industry.
|
E35664
|
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: Thomas J. Watson | Statement: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, keyPerson, Thomas J. Watson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. Watson Context triple: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, keyPerson, Thomas J. Watson]
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A.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
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B.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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C.
David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
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D.
Elbert H. Gary
Elbert H. Gary was an American lawyer, judge, and industrialist best known as the founding chairman and longtime leader of U.S. Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century.
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E.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
- 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: Thomas J. Watson Triple: [Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, keyPerson, Thomas J. Watson]
Generated description
Thomas J. Watson was an American business executive best known for transforming the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM and leading it to become a dominant force in the early computer industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. Watson Target entity description: Thomas J. Watson was an American business executive best known for transforming the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM and leading it to become a dominant force in the early computer industry.
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A.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
-
B.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
-
C.
David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
-
D.
Elbert H. Gary
Elbert H. Gary was an American lawyer, judge, and industrialist best known as the founding chairman and longtime leader of U.S. Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
- 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_69a25853594c8190b05ec3a586ec88bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25dcf667c8190a7b8630fe67b9a90 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3914eba9081908cdef8b719c9b20b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a391888bbc81908d86e3a1f15cb84e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3921fc8c8819084d2dab21012e53a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:57 a.m.