Triple

T2033896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Montgomery Ward E44578 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Aaron Montgomery Ward
Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman and pioneer of mail-order retailing who founded the Montgomery Ward department store company in the late 19th century.
E248673 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: Aaron Montgomery Ward | Statement: [Montgomery Ward, foundedBy, Aaron Montgomery Ward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron Montgomery Ward
Context triple: [Montgomery Ward, foundedBy, Aaron Montgomery Ward]
  • A. George Kelly Barnes
    George Kelly Barnes, better known as "Machine Gun Kelly," was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era, infamous for high-profile kidnappings and his reputation as a machine gun–wielding criminal.
  • B. John Flournoy Montgomery
    John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
  • C. Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
    Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
  • D. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • E. Robert Lawrence
    Robert Lawrence was a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the historical epic "Spartacus" (1960).
  • 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: Aaron Montgomery Ward
Triple: [Montgomery Ward, foundedBy, Aaron Montgomery Ward]
Generated description
Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman and pioneer of mail-order retailing who founded the Montgomery Ward department store company in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron Montgomery Ward
Target entity description: Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman and pioneer of mail-order retailing who founded the Montgomery Ward department store company in the late 19th century.
  • A. George Kelly Barnes
    George Kelly Barnes, better known as "Machine Gun Kelly," was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era, infamous for high-profile kidnappings and his reputation as a machine gun–wielding criminal.
  • B. John Flournoy Montgomery
    John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
  • C. Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
    Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
  • D. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • E. Robert Lawrence
    Robert Lawrence was a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the historical epic "Spartacus" (1960).
  • 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb93387488190ac9d8d2746451f2e completed March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6ae88ad08190a0a638cad2566f2e completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b9da51c819085beb79a14f5d8b5 completed March 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6c2a465c8190a9fe2a465e9ac3f0 completed March 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.