Triple
T17753393
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waltham Watch Company |
E443167
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Aaron Lufkin Dennison
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was a pioneering American watchmaker and industrialist who helped establish large-scale, standardized watch manufacturing in the United States.
|
E1284838
|
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: Aaron Lufkin Dennison | Statement: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, Aaron Lufkin Dennison]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron Lufkin Dennison Context triple: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, Aaron Lufkin Dennison]
-
A.
Michael Cudahy
Michael Cudahy was an American industrialist and meatpacking magnate who co-founded the Cudahy Packing Company and played a major role in the development of the meatpacking industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Frederick R. Koch
Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
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C.
Walter H. Maurer
Walter H. Maurer is an American scholar of Sanskrit and South Asian studies, known for his work on Vedic literature and Hindu religious texts.
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D.
Geoffrey D. Kimball
Geoffrey D. Kimball is a linguist known for his extensive documentation and analysis of Native American languages, particularly those of the Gulf Coast region.
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E.
F. Ross Johnson
F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
- 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: Aaron Lufkin Dennison Triple: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, Aaron Lufkin Dennison]
Generated description
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was a pioneering American watchmaker and industrialist who helped establish large-scale, standardized watch manufacturing in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron Lufkin Dennison Target entity description: Aaron Lufkin Dennison was a pioneering American watchmaker and industrialist who helped establish large-scale, standardized watch manufacturing in the United States.
-
A.
Michael Cudahy
Michael Cudahy was an American industrialist and meatpacking magnate who co-founded the Cudahy Packing Company and played a major role in the development of the meatpacking industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Frederick R. Koch
Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
-
C.
Walter H. Maurer
Walter H. Maurer is an American scholar of Sanskrit and South Asian studies, known for his work on Vedic literature and Hindu religious texts.
-
D.
Geoffrey D. Kimball
Geoffrey D. Kimball is a linguist known for his extensive documentation and analysis of Native American languages, particularly those of the Gulf Coast region.
-
E.
F. Ross Johnson
F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
- 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_69d8b9edf16c8190a59ebd245d378f4f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4841c0540819093a32d759775c61f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0243067e6c8190b94113eb4785faae |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0244ca6b348190a1c68dc3bf873f1d |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a024530b5dc8190a4776863cc01babf |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:10 a.m.