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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.