Triple
T880736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oliver Heaviside |
E19019
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Great Northern Telegraph Company
The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
|
E103540
|
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: Great Northern Telegraph Company | Statement: [Oliver Heaviside, employer, Great Northern Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Northern Telegraph Company Context triple: [Oliver Heaviside, employer, Great Northern Telegraph Company]
-
A.
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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D.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
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E.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
- 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: Great Northern Telegraph Company Triple: [Oliver Heaviside, employer, Great Northern Telegraph Company]
Generated description
The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Northern Telegraph Company Target entity description: The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
-
A.
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
-
B.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
-
C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
-
D.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
-
E.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
- 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_69a4939c32488190a7ccd41cf0abb22b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4accb653c81909fe0753f78145be9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b85883c481909261bde7fdebcde1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7b95117e881908efe83c0f8b685fe |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7b9a6edd48190a1feff7e887f76ba |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.