Triple

T4668906
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson-Houston Electric Company E102913 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Edwin J. Houston E109552 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: Edwin J. Houston | Statement: [Thomson-Houston Electric Company, keyPerson, Edwin J. Houston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edwin J. Houston
Context triple: [Thomson-Houston Electric Company, keyPerson, Edwin J. Houston]
  • A. Edwin J. Houston chosen
    Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
  • B. John Houstoun
    John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
  • C. Thomas J. Rusk
    Thomas J. Rusk was a prominent 19th-century American and Texan political and military leader who helped secure Texas independence and later served as a U.S. senator from the state.
  • D. William A. Guthrie
    William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
  • E. Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield was an American character actor known for his prolific work in silent and early sound films, often portraying timid or eccentric supporting roles.
  • 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6340ce548190bd436c59f28227d7 completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be39c275a88190a65ceb1586257d1e completed March 21, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.