Triple
T12115075
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Litton Industries |
E288536
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles B. Thornton
Charles B. Thornton was an American businessman best known as the founder and longtime leader of the major defense and electronics conglomerate Litton Industries.
|
E1366326
|
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: Charles B. Thornton | Statement: [Litton Industries, foundedBy, Charles B. Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles B. Thornton Context triple: [Litton Industries, foundedBy, Charles B. Thornton]
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A.
Charles H. Thornton
Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
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B.
Charles B. Reed
Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
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C.
Melvin P. Thorpe
Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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D.
Edward N. Shelton
Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
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E.
Charles B. Mulvehill
Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
- 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: Charles B. Thornton Triple: [Litton Industries, foundedBy, Charles B. Thornton]
Generated description
Charles B. Thornton was an American businessman best known as the founder and longtime leader of the major defense and electronics conglomerate Litton Industries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles B. Thornton Target entity description: Charles B. Thornton was an American businessman best known as the founder and longtime leader of the major defense and electronics conglomerate Litton Industries.
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A.
Charles H. Thornton
Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
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B.
Charles B. Reed
Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
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C.
Melvin P. Thorpe
Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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D.
Edward N. Shelton
Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
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E.
Charles B. Mulvehill
Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
- 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9156921dc8190aa132b0ab3a7c184 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0705b8a3f481909c748d6ff6f27f64 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0706e5cfe08190b1b2419c0eec15ff |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a070763ca5c81908afa73b30645223a |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.