Triple
T812482
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Astor family |
E17574
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedBusiness |
P8006
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
American Fur Company
The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.
|
E96084
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: American Fur Company | Statement: [Astor family, relatedBusiness, American Fur Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Fur Company Context triple: [Astor family, relatedBusiness, American Fur Company]
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A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
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C.
Sac and Fox
Sac and Fox is a collective name commonly used for the closely related Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Native American tribes of the central United States.
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D.
United Brands Company
United Brands Company was a major American agribusiness and food conglomerate best known as the successor to the United Fruit Company and a key player in the global banana trade.
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E.
Vail & Vickers Company
Vail & Vickers Company was a ranching enterprise that long operated cattle and sheep operations on California’s Santa Rosa Island before the land became part of Channel Islands National Park.
- 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: American Fur Company Triple: [Astor family, relatedBusiness, American Fur Company]
Generated description
The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Fur Company Target entity description: The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.
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A.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
-
B.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
-
C.
Sac and Fox
Sac and Fox is a collective name commonly used for the closely related Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Native American tribes of the central United States.
-
D.
United Brands Company
United Brands Company was a major American agribusiness and food conglomerate best known as the successor to the United Fruit Company and a key player in the global banana trade.
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E.
Vail & Vickers Company
Vail & Vickers Company was a ranching enterprise that long operated cattle and sheep operations on California’s Santa Rosa Island before the land became part of Channel Islands National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: relatedBusiness Context triple: [Astor family, relatedBusiness, American Fur Company]
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A.
relatedFamilyBusiness
chosen
Indicates that there is a connection between entities through ownership, management, or involvement in the same family-run business or businesses.
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B.
relatedService
Indicates that one service is connected or associated with another service in a relevant or dependent way.
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C.
relatedTo
Indicates a general, non-specific relationship or association exists between two entities.
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D.
businessBase
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary business foundation, core location, or main operational base for another entity.
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E.
relatedBrand
Indicates a relationship where one brand is associated with, connected to, or otherwise related to another brand.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a4937ae8a08190b5084a03d532b30e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab4c7418819085cb64c6bf5fa70c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d8b0b0c8190a6226d6b8daade25 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a782eda49c8190bdaf4fb8db685071 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a784f6eee48190a348008b931d545b |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:03 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4aa73df08819096d0553a4b2509de |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.