Triple
T12315875
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ball Corporation |
E293597
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object | William C. Ball |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William C. Ball | Statement: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, William C. Ball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Ball Context triple: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, William C. Ball]
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A.
William C. Ball
chosen
William C. Ball was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Ball Corporation, a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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B.
Frank C. Ball
Frank C. Ball was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as one of the Ball brothers who built Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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C.
Charles R. Boling
Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
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D.
Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
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E.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f05186481909c024a933b4f6c60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.