Triple
T9771300
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Lang Freer |
E237129
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Peninsular Car Company
Peninsular Car Company was a 19th-century American manufacturer of railroad freight cars based in Detroit, Michigan.
|
E820086
|
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: Peninsular Car Company | Statement: [Charles Lang Freer, employer, Peninsular Car Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peninsular Car Company Context triple: [Charles Lang Freer, employer, Peninsular Car Company]
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A.
St. Louis Car Company
St. Louis Car Company was a prominent American rolling stock manufacturer known for producing streetcars, interurban cars, and railroad equipment throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman Palace Car Company was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer and operator of luxury railroad sleeping cars, best known for its role in the landmark Pullman Strike of 1894.
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C.
Durant-Dort Carriage Company
Durant-Dort Carriage Company was a leading late-19th-century American horse-drawn carriage manufacturer that became the foundation for William C. Durant’s later creation of General Motors.
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D.
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pressed Steel Car Company was a major American manufacturer best known for producing railroad rolling stock and military vehicles, including tanks, during the 20th century.
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E.
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Motor Car Company was an early 20th-century American automobile manufacturer best known for its innovative car designs and as one of the key predecessors to American Motors Corporation.
- 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: Peninsular Car Company Triple: [Charles Lang Freer, employer, Peninsular Car Company]
Generated description
Peninsular Car Company was a 19th-century American manufacturer of railroad freight cars based in Detroit, Michigan.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peninsular Car Company Target entity description: Peninsular Car Company was a 19th-century American manufacturer of railroad freight cars based in Detroit, Michigan.
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A.
St. Louis Car Company
St. Louis Car Company was a prominent American rolling stock manufacturer known for producing streetcars, interurban cars, and railroad equipment throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
-
B.
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman Palace Car Company was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer and operator of luxury railroad sleeping cars, best known for its role in the landmark Pullman Strike of 1894.
-
C.
Durant-Dort Carriage Company
Durant-Dort Carriage Company was a leading late-19th-century American horse-drawn carriage manufacturer that became the foundation for William C. Durant’s later creation of General Motors.
-
D.
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pressed Steel Car Company was a major American manufacturer best known for producing railroad rolling stock and military vehicles, including tanks, during the 20th century.
-
E.
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Motor Car Company was an early 20th-century American automobile manufacturer best known for its innovative car designs and as one of the key predecessors to American Motors Corporation.
- 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_69ca84d831b8819090322686b47887ce |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda0f329148190a5e531478bc18073 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1bd0cae548190a2d9b42ea4ecc372 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1be4f81cc819093a80da4025ccc5d |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1beda84d4819089eb9f33824f1c35 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:26 p.m.