Triple

T20256262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oakland Tribune E498708 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object George Staniford
George Staniford was a newspaper publisher best known as a founder of the Oakland Tribune, a major daily newspaper in Oakland, California.
 E1427000 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: George Staniford | Statement: [Oakland Tribune, foundedBy, George Staniford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Staniford
Context triple: [Oakland Tribune, foundedBy, George Staniford]
  • A. Montagu Woodmass
    Montagu Woodmass was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
  • B. Anthony Stoddard
    Anthony Stoddard was a colonial-era New England figure known primarily as a member of the prominent Stoddard family headed by influential Puritan minister Solomon Stoddard.
  • C. William Warren
    William Warren is a relative of Michael Gerald Ford, the son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford.
  • D. Joseph Holbrook
    Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
  • E. William Harkness
    William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
  • 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: George Staniford
Triple: [Oakland Tribune, foundedBy, George Staniford]
Generated description
George Staniford was a newspaper publisher best known as a founder of the Oakland Tribune, a major daily newspaper in Oakland, California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Staniford
Target entity description: George Staniford was a newspaper publisher best known as a founder of the Oakland Tribune, a major daily newspaper in Oakland, California.
  • A. Montagu Woodmass
    Montagu Woodmass was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
  • B. Anthony Stoddard
    Anthony Stoddard was a colonial-era New England figure known primarily as a member of the prominent Stoddard family headed by influential Puritan minister Solomon Stoddard.
  • C. William Warren
    William Warren is a relative of Michael Gerald Ford, the son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford.
  • D. Joseph Holbrook
    Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
  • E. William Harkness
    William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
  • 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_69da6275fa6c8190952924930adee150 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e674c6693081908ff8bec12f212f7b completed April 20, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0870716c5c8190aeb5a8030709458f completed May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0871146b248190ac91cf010a984e1f completed May 16, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0871a818688190ad69bcf84e33d014 completed May 16, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.