Triple

T21228332
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Standard Steel Car Company E523139 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John M. Hansen — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: John M. Hansen | Statement: [Standard Steel Car Company, foundedBy, John M. Hansen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John M. Hansen
Context triple: [Standard Steel Car Company, foundedBy, John M. Hansen]
  • A. William Webster Hansen
    William Webster Hansen was an American physicist and engineer known for pioneering microwave technology and co-founding the company that became Varian Associates.
  • B. John M. Petersen
    John M. Petersen is a benefactor and namesake of the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, recognized for his significant philanthropic support to the institution.
  • C. John F. Henning
    John F. Henning was an American labor leader and government official who held prominent roles in labor policy and workers’ rights advocacy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. John M. Erickson
    John M. Erickson is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of West Hollywood, California.
  • E. John F. Hartwig
    John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John M. Hansen
Target entity description: John M. Hansen was an industrialist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the Standard Steel Car Company, a major early 20th-century American railroad car manufacturer.
  • A. William Webster Hansen
    William Webster Hansen was an American physicist and engineer known for pioneering microwave technology and co-founding the company that became Varian Associates.
  • B. John M. Petersen
    John M. Petersen is a benefactor and namesake of the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, recognized for his significant philanthropic support to the institution.
  • C. John F. Henning
    John F. Henning was an American labor leader and government official who held prominent roles in labor policy and workers’ rights advocacy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. John M. Erickson
    John M. Erickson is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of West Hollywood, California.
  • E. John F. Hartwig
    John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0b512ad94819087942b2ed925185f completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e734ad5068819088b203eeba4e6380 completed April 21, 2026, 8:26 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:44 p.m.