Triple

T1894989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sainsbury family E41959 entity
Predicate hasFounder P104 FINISHED
Object John James Sainsbury
John James Sainsbury was a British grocer and businessman who founded the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, one of the United Kingdom's largest and oldest food retailers.
E243595 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: John James Sainsbury | Statement: [Sainsbury family, hasFounder, John James Sainsbury]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John James Sainsbury
Context triple: [Sainsbury family, hasFounder, John James Sainsbury]
  • A. John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover
    John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover was a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for leading and expanding the Sainsbury's supermarket chain during the late 20th century.
  • B. Mary Ann Sainsbury
    Mary Ann Sainsbury was a co-founder of the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's and played a key role in the early development of the family business.
  • C. Tim Sainsbury
    Tim Sainsbury is a British Conservative politician and businessman, known for serving as a Member of Parliament and as a minister in several UK governments.
  • D. Alan Sainsbury
    Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, was a British businessman and politician who helped expand the Sainsbury's supermarket chain and later served as a life peer in the House of Lords.
  • E. The Lord Sainsbury of Turville
    The Lord Sainsbury of Turville is a British businessman, philanthropist, and Labour politician from the Sainsbury supermarket family who has served as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
  • 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: John James Sainsbury
Triple: [Sainsbury family, hasFounder, John James Sainsbury]
Generated description
John James Sainsbury was a British grocer and businessman who founded the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, one of the United Kingdom's largest and oldest food retailers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John James Sainsbury
Target entity description: John James Sainsbury was a British grocer and businessman who founded the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, one of the United Kingdom's largest and oldest food retailers.
  • A. John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover
    John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover was a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for leading and expanding the Sainsbury's supermarket chain during the late 20th century.
  • B. Mary Ann Sainsbury
    Mary Ann Sainsbury was a co-founder of the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's and played a key role in the early development of the family business.
  • C. Tim Sainsbury
    Tim Sainsbury is a British Conservative politician and businessman, known for serving as a Member of Parliament and as a minister in several UK governments.
  • D. Alan Sainsbury
    Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, was a British businessman and politician who helped expand the Sainsbury's supermarket chain and later served as a life peer in the House of Lords.
  • E. The Lord Sainsbury of Turville
    The Lord Sainsbury of Turville is a British businessman, philanthropist, and Labour politician from the Sainsbury supermarket family who has served as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
  • 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb16c09e48190a345c95eab59fd87 completed March 7, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d7ffb9c8190adbe64b75bb048d4 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae614cdba48190b7bd0db95e5d3aad completed March 9, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae61c3df388190bf8566fb8127b523 completed March 9, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.