Triple
T3535210
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Towers Watson |
E74753
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Towers Perrin |
E367685
|
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: Towers Perrin | Statement: [Towers Watson, predecessor, Towers Perrin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Towers Perrin Context triple: [Towers Watson, predecessor, Towers Perrin]
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A.
Towers Perrin
chosen
Towers Perrin was a major global professional services and consulting firm specializing in human resources, benefits, and risk management before its merger into Towers Watson.
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B.
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
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C.
Allen & Company
Allen & Company is a private investment bank and financial advisory firm known for its work with media, technology, and entertainment companies, as well as its exclusive annual Sun Valley Conference.
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D.
Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is a major U.S.-based international law firm known for its work in corporate, litigation, and political law, as well as representing prominent technology companies and political campaigns.
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E.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
- 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_69ad85d1a3948190931fd1ea1f49717b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbcc4c1d081908938efb71938e1a3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3bb87c3748190bce62e86fcdfa380 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.