Triple

T19332185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mack Trucks E483523 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Augustus F. Mack
Augustus F. Mack was an early American industrialist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the company that became Mack Trucks, a major manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
 E1435680 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: Augustus F. Mack | Statement: [Mack Trucks, foundedBy, Augustus F. Mack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Augustus F. Mack
Context triple: [Mack Trucks, foundedBy, Augustus F. Mack]
  • A. Augustus Johnston
    Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
  • B. Augustus C. French
    Augustus C. French was an American politician who served as the ninth governor of Illinois in the mid-19th century.
  • C. James W. Forsyth
    James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
  • D. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • E. Thomas G. Carpenter
    Thomas G. Carpenter was an American academic administrator best known as the founding president of the University of North Florida.
  • 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: Augustus F. Mack
Triple: [Mack Trucks, foundedBy, Augustus F. Mack]
Generated description
Augustus F. Mack was an early American industrialist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the company that became Mack Trucks, a major manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Augustus F. Mack
Target entity description: Augustus F. Mack was an early American industrialist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the company that became Mack Trucks, a major manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
  • A. Augustus Johnston
    Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
  • B. Augustus C. French
    Augustus C. French was an American politician who served as the ninth governor of Illinois in the mid-19th century.
  • C. James W. Forsyth
    James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
  • D. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • E. Thomas G. Carpenter
    Thomas G. Carpenter was an American academic administrator best known as the founding president of the University of North Florida.
  • 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_69d8e8d13e3c81909d91d1d5ec37c095 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e616422fa08190bf4bde4312ec7cf3 completed April 20, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a089d1e39908190ae5ca60a62f10288 completed May 16, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089e8473188190956a0817cd7bbae0 completed May 16, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a089f04483481908fe015bd7514af35 completed May 16, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.