Triple

T2054097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Covington & Burling E45634 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
 E598428 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: Edward B. Burling | Statement: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, Edward B. Burling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward B. Burling
Context triple: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, Edward B. Burling]
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Francis B. Burch
    Francis B. Burch was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of Maryland in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • D. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • E. George D. Barnett
    George D. Barnett was an American architect known for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 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: Edward B. Burling
Triple: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, Edward B. Burling]
Generated description
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward B. Burling
Target entity description: Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Francis B. Burch
    Francis B. Burch was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of Maryland in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • D. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • E. George D. Barnett
    George D. Barnett was an American architect known for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 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_69a8891a19508190a12ef1e192308dcb completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb9a8518081909ba95a8ef9321f12 completed March 7, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c673e0dbdc81909745d2a35bd53f88 completed March 27, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c675e712048190902e4fa38e150b25 completed March 27, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6763a7bd48190820c1b2fed33de9e completed March 27, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.