Triple
T1496770
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Reston |
E29704
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert E. Simon Jr.
Robert E. Simon Jr. was an American real estate developer best known for creating the planned community of Reston, Virginia, one of the first modern postwar new towns in the United States.
|
E217945
|
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: Robert E. Simon Jr. | Statement: [Reston, founder, Robert E. Simon Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Simon Jr. Context triple: [Reston, founder, Robert E. Simon Jr.]
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A.
Timothy P. Boyle
Timothy P. Boyle is an American businessman best known as the longtime president and CEO who led Columbia Sportswear’s growth into a major global outdoor apparel company.
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B.
Ronald D. Liebowitz
Ronald D. Liebowitz is an American academic leader and former Middlebury College president who serves as the president of Brandeis University.
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C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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D.
Robert H. Lord
Robert H. Lord was an American screenwriter and film producer active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood’s studio era.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 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: Robert E. Simon Jr. Triple: [Reston, founder, Robert E. Simon Jr.]
Generated description
Robert E. Simon Jr. was an American real estate developer best known for creating the planned community of Reston, Virginia, one of the first modern postwar new towns in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Simon Jr. Target entity description: Robert E. Simon Jr. was an American real estate developer best known for creating the planned community of Reston, Virginia, one of the first modern postwar new towns in the United States.
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A.
Timothy P. Boyle
Timothy P. Boyle is an American businessman best known as the longtime president and CEO who led Columbia Sportswear’s growth into a major global outdoor apparel company.
-
B.
Ronald D. Liebowitz
Ronald D. Liebowitz is an American academic leader and former Middlebury College president who serves as the president of Brandeis University.
-
C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
-
D.
Robert H. Lord
Robert H. Lord was an American screenwriter and film producer active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood’s studio era.
-
E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 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_69a498dba1d8819093b46a3a8d2485f1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6edca248190a90205799b270058 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfb8d636c8190a8a9ca29d8a6fd82 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc9a4060819085d69a8642e49673 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfd03414c8190b1fc2b5608563726 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.