Triple

T8396550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. E198066 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Alexander Brown
Alexander Brown was a pioneering Irish-American merchant and banker who established one of the earliest and most influential private banking dynasties in the United States.
 E730506 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: Alexander Brown | Statement: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., founder, Alexander Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Brown
Context triple: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., founder, Alexander Brown]
  • A. Ian Brown
    Ian Brown is an English singer and songwriter best known as the charismatic frontman of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
  • B. Andrew Brown
    Andrew Brown is a songwriter credited with co-writing the track "Stop and Stare."
  • C. Alexander Grant
    Alexander Grant was a British colonial official and military officer who served as a prominent early administrator in what is now Ontario, Canada.
  • D. Alexander Grant
    Alexander Grant was a prominent Scottish ballet dancer and choreographer who became a leading figure in international ballet, including leadership roles in major companies.
  • E. Andrew Watts
    Andrew Watts is a British countertenor known for his performances in contemporary opera and concert repertoire.
  • 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: Alexander Brown
Triple: [Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., founder, Alexander Brown]
Generated description
Alexander Brown was a pioneering Irish-American merchant and banker who established one of the earliest and most influential private banking dynasties in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Brown
Target entity description: Alexander Brown was a pioneering Irish-American merchant and banker who established one of the earliest and most influential private banking dynasties in the United States.
  • A. Ian Brown
    Ian Brown is an English singer and songwriter best known as the charismatic frontman of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
  • B. Andrew Brown
    Andrew Brown is a songwriter credited with co-writing the track "Stop and Stare."
  • C. Alexander Grant
    Alexander Grant was a British colonial official and military officer who served as a prominent early administrator in what is now Ontario, Canada.
  • D. Alexander Grant
    Alexander Grant was a prominent Scottish ballet dancer and choreographer who became a leading figure in international ballet, including leadership roles in major companies.
  • E. Andrew Watts
    Andrew Watts is a British countertenor known for his performances in contemporary opera and concert repertoire.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 completed March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde867d21c8190b066a6c88273ec5a completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfd60188190a1681344e2bf1e9e completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2fa42c8190bfbfc79caf38bf8e completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.