Triple
T214712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | FedEx |
E4793
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederick W. Smith
Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
|
E27671
|
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: Frederick W. Smith | Statement: [FedEx, foundedBy, Frederick W. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick W. Smith Context triple: [FedEx, foundedBy, Frederick W. Smith]
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A.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
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B.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
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D.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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E.
Steve Case
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
- 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: Frederick W. Smith Triple: [FedEx, foundedBy, Frederick W. Smith]
Generated description
Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick W. Smith Target entity description: Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
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A.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
-
B.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
-
C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
-
D.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
-
E.
Steve Case
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
- 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_69a2575cb1dc8190a01ad332426dc339 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c4ca0c8819093f63c6371e2d140 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3441cc15c8190910b1b9e5dbb4910 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a344e390f4819090ec79beb681310a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a34551abac8190a1d3f2fc3f783c71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.