Triple

T19243176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National City Lines E481181 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Owen R. Fitzgerald
Owen R. Fitzgerald was an American businessman best known as a founder of National City Lines, a major company that operated and consolidated urban bus and streetcar systems across the United States in the mid-20th century.
E1406505 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: Owen R. Fitzgerald | Statement: [National City Lines, foundedBy, Owen R. Fitzgerald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen R. Fitzgerald
Context triple: [National City Lines, foundedBy, Owen R. Fitzgerald]
  • A. Frederick A. Fitzgerald
    Frederick A. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent American Fitzgerald political family, known for its multi-generational involvement in public service and politics.
  • B. Eugene A. Fitzgerald
    Eugene A. Fitzgerald is an American materials scientist and engineer known for pioneering work in semiconductor materials and device technologies.
  • C. Edward C. Fitzgerald
    Edward C. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent Fitzgerald political family, known for its longstanding influence in American public life.
  • D. William F. O’Connor
    William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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: Owen R. Fitzgerald
Triple: [National City Lines, foundedBy, Owen R. Fitzgerald]
Generated description
Owen R. Fitzgerald was an American businessman best known as a founder of National City Lines, a major company that operated and consolidated urban bus and streetcar systems across the United States in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen R. Fitzgerald
Target entity description: Owen R. Fitzgerald was an American businessman best known as a founder of National City Lines, a major company that operated and consolidated urban bus and streetcar systems across the United States in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Frederick A. Fitzgerald
    Frederick A. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent American Fitzgerald political family, known for its multi-generational involvement in public service and politics.
  • B. Eugene A. Fitzgerald
    Eugene A. Fitzgerald is an American materials scientist and engineer known for pioneering work in semiconductor materials and device technologies.
  • C. Edward C. Fitzgerald
    Edward C. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent Fitzgerald political family, known for its longstanding influence in American public life.
  • D. William F. O’Connor
    William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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_69d8e8cd9d1081908a181d02b88b59b8 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5faf3018881909ef866616c45ff2e completed April 20, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a080e0c9fd48190bcb1f78fe4894d56 completed May 16, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a080eb8c4b48190b60b9ec2b8aed182 completed May 16, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a080f2b2a4881909bd514080858301e completed May 16, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 p.m.