Triple
T3741364
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Black & Veatch |
E79705
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nathan Thomas Veatch
Nathan Thomas Veatch was an American engineer and businessman best known for co-founding the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
|
E385107
|
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: Nathan Thomas Veatch | Statement: [Black & Veatch, founder, Nathan Thomas Veatch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Thomas Veatch Context triple: [Black & Veatch, founder, Nathan Thomas Veatch]
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A.
John Pehle
John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
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B.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
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C.
Greg Stillson
Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
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D.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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E.
Benjamin Earl Nelson
Benjamin Earl Nelson, better known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer famed for his classic hit "Stand by Me."
- 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: Nathan Thomas Veatch Triple: [Black & Veatch, founder, Nathan Thomas Veatch]
Generated description
Nathan Thomas Veatch was an American engineer and businessman best known for co-founding the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Thomas Veatch Target entity description: Nathan Thomas Veatch was an American engineer and businessman best known for co-founding the global engineering, consulting, and construction firm Black & Veatch.
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A.
John Pehle
John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
-
B.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
-
C.
Greg Stillson
Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
-
D.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
-
E.
Benjamin Earl Nelson
Benjamin Earl Nelson, better known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer famed for his classic hit "Stand by Me."
- 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcb549490819084ebe69aae5ccf95 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4db26adbc8190becd03db70e63112 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4dc2c274c8190a7c8fa419186e188 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e0065b008190b2ad78546e563b4d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.