Triple

T325451
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Edison E6506 entity
Predicate earlyEmployer P1910 FINISHED
Object Western Union
Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
E42198 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Western Union | Statement: [Thomas Edison, earlyEmployer, Western Union]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union
Context triple: [Thomas Edison, earlyEmployer, Western Union]
  • A. International Clearing Union
    The International Clearing Union was a proposed post–World War II global financial institution designed by John Maynard Keynes to manage international trade imbalances through a supranational currency and automatic adjustment mechanisms.
  • B. Chase Manhattan Bank
    Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
  • C. SWIFT
    SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
  • D. First Trust Bank
    First Trust Bank is a Northern Ireland-based commercial bank known for providing retail and business banking services and, historically, for issuing its own banknotes.
  • E. Danske Bank
    Danske Bank is a major Nordic financial institution headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a wide range of banking and financial services across Northern Europe.
  • 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: Western Union
Triple: [Thomas Edison, earlyEmployer, Western Union]
Generated description
Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union
Target entity description: Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
  • A. International Clearing Union
    The International Clearing Union was a proposed post–World War II global financial institution designed by John Maynard Keynes to manage international trade imbalances through a supranational currency and automatic adjustment mechanisms.
  • B. Chase Manhattan Bank
    Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
  • C. SWIFT
    SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
  • D. First Trust Bank
    First Trust Bank is a Northern Ireland-based commercial bank known for providing retail and business banking services and, historically, for issuing its own banknotes.
  • E. Danske Bank
    Danske Bank is a major Nordic financial institution headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a wide range of banking and financial services across Northern Europe.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: earlyEmployer
Context triple: [Thomas Edison, earlyEmployer, Western Union]
  • A. formerEmployer chosen
    Indicates that one entity previously employed the other but no longer does so.
  • B. employer
    Indicates a relationship where one entity hires, pays, and oversees the work of another entity.
  • C. employerType
    Indicates the classification or category of an employer in relation to the entity (e.g., public, private, nonprofit, self-employed).
  • D. employedApproximately
    Indicates that one entity employs another in a manner where the number, duration, or extent of employment is approximate rather than exact.
  • E. careerStart
    Indicates the point in time when an entity begins its professional career or main occupational activity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7933d6c8190bb2592ad13286ef2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb1a37c08190b1380f6bf8513a37 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3cfec426081908a0c7e968846515a completed March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d0babef081909813c4189e996803 completed March 1, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d144f09c81908a1d7df72a3b0bbc completed March 1, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e949364c8190bc2351f5413f5057 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.