Triple
T891097
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Publishing Company |
E19238
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
|
E112172
|
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: John B. West | Statement: [West Publishing Company, foundedBy, John B. West]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. West Context triple: [West Publishing Company, foundedBy, John B. West]
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A.
David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
-
B.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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C.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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D.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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: John B. West Triple: [West Publishing Company, foundedBy, John B. West]
Generated description
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. West Target entity description: John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
-
A.
David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
-
B.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
-
C.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
-
D.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
-
E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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_69a4939d37188190848be3d426ebc9ae |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ad019e448190ab991e85dc6d7708 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a9339ba2e48190872fd771386ba321 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a963a5b8648190b21d9edaf3d053d2 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 11:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a9641f3a5c81908894097ab2177c43 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.