Triple
T9466876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harold Edgerton |
E228292
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.
Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. was a pioneering American technology and engineering firm best known for its work in high-speed photography, instrumentation, and defense-related research.
|
E800856
|
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: Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. | Statement: [Harold Edgerton, founded, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. Context triple: [Harold Edgerton, founded, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.]
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A.
Grigg, Elliott & Co.
Grigg, Elliott & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm that served as the predecessor to the well-known publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
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C.
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls was a prominent American architecture and engineering firm, best known as the historic predecessor to the modern design and professional services company SmithGroup.
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D.
Tilton & Githens
Tilton & Githens was an American architectural firm known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings in the early 20th century.
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E.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. Triple: [Harold Edgerton, founded, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.]
Generated description
Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. was a pioneering American technology and engineering firm best known for its work in high-speed photography, instrumentation, and defense-related research.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. Target entity description: Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. was a pioneering American technology and engineering firm best known for its work in high-speed photography, instrumentation, and defense-related research.
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A.
Grigg, Elliott & Co.
Grigg, Elliott & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm that served as the predecessor to the well-known publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
-
C.
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls was a prominent American architecture and engineering firm, best known as the historic predecessor to the modern design and professional services company SmithGroup.
-
D.
Tilton & Githens
Tilton & Githens was an American architectural firm known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 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_69ca846fee388190a6ec273fd644b88b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd7fdd7d048190930a15cb2a2d99ea |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d122ba3d948190a3fa947cd3cad63b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d123bc10b88190bd8f5a543d32c788 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1243ba18881909c2adf7c0b4b93b8 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.