Triple
T9814566
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin B. Hotchkiss |
E238366
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hotchkiss et Cie
Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and automobile manufacturing company founded by American engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, known for its machine guns and later luxury cars.
|
E824335
|
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: Hotchkiss et Cie | Statement: [Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, employer, Hotchkiss et Cie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotchkiss et Cie Context triple: [Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, employer, Hotchkiss et Cie]
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A.
Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including inventor and industrialist Benjamin B. Hotchkiss.
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B.
Packard
Packard is a surname most prominently associated with David Packard, the American electrical engineer and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
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C.
Compagnie de Fives-Lille
Compagnie de Fives-Lille was a prominent French engineering and construction firm known for designing and building major iron and steel structures, including notable railway stations and industrial works in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard Motor Car Company was a prominent American luxury automobile manufacturer that also produced high-performance aircraft engines, especially during World War II.
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E.
Société des Moteurs Le Rhône
Société des Moteurs Le Rhône was a prominent early 20th-century French aero engine manufacturer known for its widely used rotary engines in World War I aircraft.
- 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: Hotchkiss et Cie Triple: [Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, employer, Hotchkiss et Cie]
Generated description
Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and automobile manufacturing company founded by American engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, known for its machine guns and later luxury cars.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotchkiss et Cie Target entity description: Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and automobile manufacturing company founded by American engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, known for its machine guns and later luxury cars.
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A.
Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including inventor and industrialist Benjamin B. Hotchkiss.
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B.
Packard
Packard is a surname most prominently associated with David Packard, the American electrical engineer and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
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C.
Compagnie de Fives-Lille
Compagnie de Fives-Lille was a prominent French engineering and construction firm known for designing and building major iron and steel structures, including notable railway stations and industrial works in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard Motor Car Company was a prominent American luxury automobile manufacturer that also produced high-performance aircraft engines, especially during World War II.
-
E.
Société des Moteurs Le Rhône
Société des Moteurs Le Rhône was a prominent early 20th-century French aero engine manufacturer known for its widely used rotary engines in World War I aircraft.
- 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb2f19660819083e3f15780352052 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1d5b264c88190bf16c8c32c360878 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1d6252f6c819087977f0713e53e50 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1d6a4429c8190b761dea635c6674e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.