Triple
T199165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ford family (controlling shareholders) |
E4063
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Clay Ford Jr. |
E13445
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Clay Ford Jr. | Statement: [Ford family (controlling shareholders), notableMember, William Clay Ford Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Clay Ford Jr. Context triple: [Ford family (controlling shareholders), notableMember, William Clay Ford Jr.]
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A.
William Clay Ford Jr.
chosen
William Clay Ford Jr. is an American businessman and great-grandson of Henry Ford who has served as executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and is known for promoting sustainability and innovation within the company.
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B.
William Clay Ford Sr.
William Clay Ford Sr. was an American businessman and member of the Ford family who owned the Detroit Lions and held various leadership roles within the Ford Motor Company.
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C.
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford II was an American industrialist who led the postwar revival and modernization of Ford Motor Company as its president and later chairman.
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D.
Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford was an American business executive and the only son of Henry Ford, best known for serving as president of the Ford Motor Company during the early 20th century.
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E.
Jim Farley
Jim Farley is an American business executive who serves as the president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a254bca59881909a15e1496f1508c7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25bcc6dc88190b8c24b485588dfe4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a33e3dc3008190a021d1b18438b773 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:13 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.