Triple
T4395794
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States |
E99483
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dix, Edwards & Co.
Dix, Edwards & Co. was a mid-19th-century New York publishing firm known for issuing significant works of American literature and social commentary.
|
E436714
|
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: Dix, Edwards & Co. | Statement: [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, publisher, Dix, Edwards & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dix, Edwards & Co. Context triple: [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, publisher, Dix, Edwards & Co.]
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A.
Thayer & Eldridge
Thayer & Eldridge was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant antislavery and reform literature, including Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
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B.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Dillon, Read & Co.
Dillon, Read & Co. was a prominent American investment bank known for its influential role in Wall Street finance during the 20th century.
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D.
Thomas H. Webb & Co.
Thomas H. Webb & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing influential works on domestic life and household management.
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E.
Rinehart & Company
Rinehart & Company was an American publishing house known for issuing notable mid-20th-century literary works, including major war novels and popular fiction.
- 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: Dix, Edwards & Co. Triple: [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, publisher, Dix, Edwards & Co.]
Generated description
Dix, Edwards & Co. was a mid-19th-century New York publishing firm known for issuing significant works of American literature and social commentary.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dix, Edwards & Co. Target entity description: Dix, Edwards & Co. was a mid-19th-century New York publishing firm known for issuing significant works of American literature and social commentary.
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A.
Thayer & Eldridge
Thayer & Eldridge was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant antislavery and reform literature, including Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
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B.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
-
C.
Dillon, Read & Co.
Dillon, Read & Co. was a prominent American investment bank known for its influential role in Wall Street finance during the 20th century.
-
D.
Thomas H. Webb & Co.
Thomas H. Webb & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing influential works on domestic life and household management.
-
E.
Rinehart & Company
Rinehart & Company was an American publishing house known for issuing notable mid-20th-century literary works, including major war novels and popular fiction.
- 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_69b345506b408190b0e3dee616738a7d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352ab928c81909f4406d5df3e081b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e536e1848190a2517ab351adfe48 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5eeaf35348190a1611f5b04baed1f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5ef5c7e0c819080b0e8914dcd6568 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:20 p.m.