Triple

T504856
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Wind in the Willows E10481 entity
Predicate firstPublisher P7323 FINISHED
Object Methuen & Co.
Methuen & Co. was a prominent British publishing house known for issuing influential literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E62932 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: Methuen & Co. | Statement: [The Wind in the Willows, firstPublisher, Methuen & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Methuen & Co.
Context triple: [The Wind in the Willows, firstPublisher, Methuen & Co.]
  • A. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
    Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was a 19th-century decorative arts firm founded by William Morris and his associates, renowned for its handcrafted designs and central role in the Arts and Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements.
  • B. Hawthorn Leslie and Company
    Hawthorn Leslie and Company was a British shipbuilding and engineering firm known for constructing naval and merchant vessels during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Phillips, Sampson and Company
    Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
  • 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: Methuen & Co.
Triple: [The Wind in the Willows, firstPublisher, Methuen & Co.]
Generated description
Methuen & Co. was a prominent British publishing house known for issuing influential literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Methuen & Co.
Target entity description: Methuen & Co. was a prominent British publishing house known for issuing influential literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
    Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was a 19th-century decorative arts firm founded by William Morris and his associates, renowned for its handcrafted designs and central role in the Arts and Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements.
  • B. Hawthorn Leslie and Company
    Hawthorn Leslie and Company was a British shipbuilding and engineering firm known for constructing naval and merchant vessels during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Phillips, Sampson and Company
    Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
  • 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f149bd1c81908ff58ac504ace2bf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a48a7b71848190ab3e69fc84779301 completed March 1, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a48c1329f0819093fa4eb579075243 completed March 1, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a48c688fcc81909d79068875b89aee completed March 1, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.