Triple
T3149525
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HarperCollins |
E65842
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Collins, Sons |
E21723
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Collins, Sons | Statement: [HarperCollins, predecessor, William Collins, Sons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Collins, Sons Context triple: [HarperCollins, predecessor, William Collins, Sons]
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A.
William Collins, Sons
chosen
William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.
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B.
Archibald Constable & Co.
Archibald Constable & Co. was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential 19th-century works, including notable exploration narratives and literary titles.
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C.
William Blackwood and Sons
William Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for producing influential literary and scholarly works.
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D.
J. Hinks & Son
J. Hinks & Son was a British shipbuilding firm known for constructing the 20th-century replica of the historic Mayflower, the Mayflower II.
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E.
Andrew Handyside and Company
Andrew Handyside and Company was a prominent 19th-century British ironfounding and engineering firm known for constructing bridges, aqueducts, and other major iron structures.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad8584485081909ed529e890cadc4a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada5bf902c8190a490fa55e2dcecc0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b224f94f3881909a277c45c9add0f5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:05 p.m.