Triple

T7346314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thermo Fisher Scientific E169389 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron was a major American scientific instruments and laboratory equipment company that became a core predecessor to the modern Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation.
 E659389 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: Thermo Electron | Statement: [Thermo Fisher Scientific, foundedBy, Thermo Electron]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thermo Electron
Context triple: [Thermo Fisher Scientific, foundedBy, Thermo Electron]
  • A. Beckman Instruments
    Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
  • B. Teledyne
    Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
  • C. Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
  • D. Agilent Technologies
    Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
  • E. Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
    Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
  • 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: Thermo Electron
Triple: [Thermo Fisher Scientific, foundedBy, Thermo Electron]
Generated description
Thermo Electron was a major American scientific instruments and laboratory equipment company that became a core predecessor to the modern Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thermo Electron
Target entity description: Thermo Electron was a major American scientific instruments and laboratory equipment company that became a core predecessor to the modern Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation.
  • A. Beckman Instruments
    Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
  • B. Teledyne
    Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
  • C. Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
  • D. Agilent Technologies
    Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
  • E. Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
    Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
  • 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_69c68a5878888190968ce4d04db8d69f completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0f0329c8190a0182e3bf62604e5 completed March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7fa916ac881909acee8184b71dc85 completed March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7fb05966c819089f47be0b9d32cb2 completed March 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7fddb63908190a5123ed8d7c9be1f completed March 28, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.