Triple
T595227
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis Group Holdings |
E17365
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Willis
Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
|
E153117
|
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: Henry Willis | Statement: [Willis Group Holdings, founder, Henry Willis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Willis Context triple: [Willis Group Holdings, founder, Henry Willis]
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A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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B.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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C.
Edward Leader Williams
Edward Leader Williams was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing and overseeing major canal and waterway projects, including the Manchester Ship Canal.
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D.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
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E.
George Harvey
George Harvey was an influential American journalist, editor, and diplomat best known for his leadership of major periodicals and his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
- 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: Henry Willis Triple: [Willis Group Holdings, founder, Henry Willis]
Generated description
Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Willis Target entity description: Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
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A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
B.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
-
C.
Edward Leader Williams
Edward Leader Williams was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing and overseeing major canal and waterway projects, including the Manchester Ship Canal.
-
D.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
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E.
George Harvey
George Harvey was an influential American journalist, editor, and diplomat best known for his leadership of major periodicals and his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
- 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49bd280ac8190b6a530ce73da85c8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc5ee996081908fba19d8d141a779 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc684fb34819097fbb1659032d3c2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc6ec853c8190b60bd2d876605c48 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.