Triple
T2206379
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Powell’s City of Books |
E50806
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Walter Powell |
E50806
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Walter Powell | Statement: [Powell’s City of Books, foundedBy, Walter Powell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Powell Context triple: [Powell’s City of Books, foundedBy, Walter Powell]
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A.
Walter Powell
chosen
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
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B.
Walter Hamilton
Walter Hamilton is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with the more widely known Hamilton family name.
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C.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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D.
Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
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E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbfca300c81908b33debafa77d152 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b56b217af0819084d8aed695b8377b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.