Triple

T17753395
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waltham Watch Company E443167 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David Davis
David Davis was an American watchmaker and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in industrialized watch production.
 E1286387 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: David Davis | Statement: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, David Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Davis
Context triple: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, David Davis]
  • A. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • B. David Davis
    David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
  • C. David Davis
    David Davis was a 19th-century American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
  • D. Richard M. Davis
    Richard M. Davis was the husband of television writer Madelyn Pugh, known for her work on the classic sitcom "I Love Lucy."
  • E. James A. G. Davis
    James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
  • 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: David Davis
Triple: [Waltham Watch Company, foundedBy, David Davis]
Generated description
David Davis was an American watchmaker and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in industrialized watch production.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Davis
Target entity description: David Davis was an American watchmaker and entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in industrialized watch production.
  • A. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • B. David Davis
    David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
  • C. David Davis
    David Davis was a 19th-century American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
  • D. Richard M. Davis
    Richard M. Davis was the husband of television writer Madelyn Pugh, known for her work on the classic sitcom "I Love Lucy."
  • E. James A. G. Davis
    James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
  • 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_6a02efb4df34819094718758196e8a9f completed May 12, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02f13826388190843c9844011b5824 completed May 12, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02f1a8e3d4819096050f66a4e0563b completed May 12, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:10 a.m.