Triple

T1785200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carrier Corporation E39375 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Willis Carrier
Willis Carrier was an American engineer and inventor widely regarded as the "father of modern air conditioning" for developing the first practical electrical air conditioning system.
 E198185 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: Willis Carrier | Statement: [Carrier Corporation, foundedBy, Willis Carrier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willis Carrier
Context triple: [Carrier Corporation, foundedBy, Willis Carrier]
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Albert Kahn
    Albert Kahn was a prominent early 20th-century American industrial architect, renowned for revolutionizing factory design and shaping much of Detroit’s architectural landscape.
  • C. John Hays Hammond Jr.
    John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
  • D. Charles F. Kettering
    Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
  • E. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • 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: Willis Carrier
Triple: [Carrier Corporation, foundedBy, Willis Carrier]
Generated description
Willis Carrier was an American engineer and inventor widely regarded as the "father of modern air conditioning" for developing the first practical electrical air conditioning system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willis Carrier
Target entity description: Willis Carrier was an American engineer and inventor widely regarded as the "father of modern air conditioning" for developing the first practical electrical air conditioning system.
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Albert Kahn
    Albert Kahn was a prominent early 20th-century American industrial architect, renowned for revolutionizing factory design and shaping much of Detroit’s architectural landscape.
  • C. John Hays Hammond Jr.
    John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
  • D. Charles F. Kettering
    Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
  • E. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa650d304481908ad9bff3eadf7da6 completed March 6, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada9a476448190b072361fe4b41537 completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adab05cf6c81909f4713664f508ad9 completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaeb20390819098bad8951ec00d00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.