Triple
T5608145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ezra Cornell |
E147284
|
entity |
| Predicate | founderOf |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises |
E42198
|
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: Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises | Statement: [Ezra Cornell, founderOf, Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises Context triple: [Ezra Cornell, founderOf, Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises]
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A.
Pacific Telegraph Company
The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
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B.
Western Union
chosen
Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
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C.
Western Union (early career as telegraph operator)
Western Union was a dominant 19th-century American telegraph company that employed young Thomas Edison as a telegraph operator early in his career.
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D.
International Telephone & Telegraph
International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
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E.
Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil
Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil was a historic French electronics and telecommunications company that became a key predecessor to the modern Thales Group.
- 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_69c0090500f881908374285baf0ac46f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020fd1b2c81908da154f7e11b90d8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02878aad8819082d2c8f038b79bc7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.