Triple
T346650
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Meriden, Connecticut |
E6956
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalCompany |
P7986
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
|
E43937
|
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: Meriden Britannia Company | Statement: [Meriden, Connecticut, historicalCompany, Meriden Britannia Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meriden Britannia Company Context triple: [Meriden, Connecticut, historicalCompany, Meriden Britannia Company]
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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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B.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
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C.
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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D.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
- 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: Meriden Britannia Company Triple: [Meriden, Connecticut, historicalCompany, Meriden Britannia Company]
Generated description
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meriden Britannia Company Target entity description: Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
-
B.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
-
E.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
- 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_69a2e7951ba08190960e90823b5078f3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee043fac8190af72291c04761687 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3d7eb6b708190b0dff991c101104f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3d85312448190aad22189ad07687a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3d8f2d0688190aa6d0a262f8857ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.