Triple
T1776258
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Colgate |
E38985
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entity |
| Predicate | hasChild |
P369
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Colgate
Samuel Colgate was an American businessman and philanthropist who expanded his father William Colgate’s soap and personal care company into a major industrial enterprise.
|
E38985
|
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: Samuel Colgate | Statement: [William Colgate, hasChild, Samuel Colgate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Colgate Context triple: [William Colgate, hasChild, Samuel Colgate]
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A.
William Colgate
William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.
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B.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
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C.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
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D.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
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E.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
- 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: Samuel Colgate Triple: [William Colgate, hasChild, Samuel Colgate]
Generated description
Samuel Colgate was an American businessman and philanthropist who expanded his father William Colgate’s soap and personal care company into a major industrial enterprise.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Colgate Target entity description: Samuel Colgate was an American businessman and philanthropist who expanded his father William Colgate’s soap and personal care company into a major industrial enterprise.
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A.
William Colgate
chosen
William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.
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B.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
-
C.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
-
D.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
-
E.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above.
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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa64b839608190b32bc041267458d5 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada99a81c08190b602858708263193 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adab03a5448190b42966adcd8afbde |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adaeabff6c8190b19bc6478a28641c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.