Triple
T15246710
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Pepperdine |
E364400
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Western Auto Supply Company
Western Auto Supply Company was a prominent American retail chain known for selling automotive parts, accessories, and related merchandise throughout much of the 20th century.
|
E1145633
|
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: Western Auto Supply Company | Statement: [George Pepperdine, founded, Western Auto Supply Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Auto Supply Company Context triple: [George Pepperdine, founded, Western Auto Supply Company]
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A.
J. B. Ford and Company
J. B. Ford and Company was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literary and religious works.
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B.
Walker Manufacturing Company
Walker Manufacturing Company was the business enterprise founded by Madam C. J. Walker that produced and sold her pioneering hair care products for African American women.
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C.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
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D.
California Products Corporation
California Products Corporation is an American coatings and surfacing company best known for producing sports surface systems such as Plexicushion for tennis and other athletic courts.
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E.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
- 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: Western Auto Supply Company Triple: [George Pepperdine, founded, Western Auto Supply Company]
Generated description
Western Auto Supply Company was a prominent American retail chain known for selling automotive parts, accessories, and related merchandise throughout much of the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Auto Supply Company Target entity description: Western Auto Supply Company was a prominent American retail chain known for selling automotive parts, accessories, and related merchandise throughout much of the 20th century.
-
A.
J. B. Ford and Company
J. B. Ford and Company was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literary and religious works.
-
B.
Walker Manufacturing Company
Walker Manufacturing Company was the business enterprise founded by Madam C. J. Walker that produced and sold her pioneering hair care products for African American women.
-
C.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
-
D.
California Products Corporation
California Products Corporation is an American coatings and surfacing company best known for producing sports surface systems such as Plexicushion for tennis and other athletic courts.
-
E.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
- 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_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e007f4f9d48190b96a7e0c6993cd69 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd491cd881908bad9660af9b6b8f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fedf6ee3f081909553078cd3e9d243 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fee0016a088190ad87268e035f677e |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.