Triple
T545294
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Their Eyes Were Watching God |
E12718
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
J. B. Lippincott & Co. was a prominent American publishing house known for releasing influential literary and educational works in the 19th and 20th centuries.
|
E68156
|
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: J. B. Lippincott & Co. | Statement: [Their Eyes Were Watching God, publisher, J. B. Lippincott & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Context triple: [Their Eyes Were Watching God, publisher, J. B. Lippincott & Co.]
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A.
West Publishing Company
West Publishing Company is a major American legal publishing firm best known for producing comprehensive case law reporters, legal digests, and research tools used by lawyers and courts.
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B.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
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C.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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D.
Harper & Brothers
Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
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E.
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-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: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Triple: [Their Eyes Were Watching God, publisher, J. B. Lippincott & Co.]
Generated description
J. B. Lippincott & Co. was a prominent American publishing house known for releasing influential literary and educational works in the 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Target entity description: J. B. Lippincott & Co. was a prominent American publishing house known for releasing influential literary and educational works in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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A.
West Publishing Company
West Publishing Company is a major American legal publishing firm best known for producing comprehensive case law reporters, legal digests, and research tools used by lawyers and courts.
-
B.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
-
C.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
-
D.
Harper & Brothers
Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
-
E.
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a498dfec5c81908b76d723b30dc2f0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4d042a590819096ed622dc6bcf8e4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4d0a6aa508190b8a29de838d2dbb0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4d114973c81908c3d8fb393f9ee14 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.