Triple

T18035664
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roy Furman E431501 entity
Predicate coFounded P104 FINISHED
Object Furman Selz
Furman Selz was a prominent New York–based investment banking and asset management firm known for its research-driven approach and focus on institutional and high-net-worth clients.
E1302440 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: Furman Selz | Statement: [Roy Furman, coFounded, Furman Selz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Furman Selz
Context triple: [Roy Furman, coFounded, Furman Selz]
  • A. Walter Blum
    Walter Blum is a German mathematician known for his contributions to algebra and mathematical education.
  • B. Carl Friedberg
    Carl Friedberg was a German pianist and influential teacher renowned for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire and his close artistic lineage to the Schumann and Brahms traditions.
  • C. Walter Hollander
    Walter Hollander is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Hollander.
  • D. Harry Kurnitz
    Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • E. Louis Fischer
    Louis Fischer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Gino's Hamburgers fast-food restaurant chain.
  • 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: Furman Selz
Triple: [Roy Furman, coFounded, Furman Selz]
Generated description
Furman Selz was a prominent New York–based investment banking and asset management firm known for its research-driven approach and focus on institutional and high-net-worth clients.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Furman Selz
Target entity description: Furman Selz was a prominent New York–based investment banking and asset management firm known for its research-driven approach and focus on institutional and high-net-worth clients.
  • A. Walter Blum
    Walter Blum is a German mathematician known for his contributions to algebra and mathematical education.
  • B. Carl Friedberg
    Carl Friedberg was a German pianist and influential teacher renowned for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire and his close artistic lineage to the Schumann and Brahms traditions.
  • C. Walter Hollander
    Walter Hollander is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Hollander.
  • D. Harry Kurnitz
    Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • E. Louis Fischer
    Louis Fischer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Gino's Hamburgers fast-food restaurant chain.
  • 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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4be39a7348190a75735fe56c78fc3 completed April 19, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0349b16af88190b1b67765cc133807 completed May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a034af2f26c8190823a7c943632e35f completed May 12, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034ba6c5648190bd3d67b66133e738 completed May 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.