Triple
T22763713
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company |
E563061
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William B. Ziff Sr. |
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|
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: William B. Ziff Sr. | Statement: [Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, foundedBy, William B. Ziff Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Ziff Sr. Context triple: [Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, foundedBy, William B. Ziff Sr.]
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A.
Herbert Fisher
Herbert Fisher was a British historian and Liberal politician who served as President of the Board of Education in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Zeckendorf
William Zeckendorf was a prominent mid-20th-century American real estate developer known for large-scale urban projects and pioneering modern commercial and residential complexes.
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C.
George Zuckerman
George Zuckerman was an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including collaborations with director Douglas Sirk.
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D.
William Tepper
William Tepper was an American actor and screenwriter best known for his lead role in Jack Nicholson’s 1971 directorial debut film "Drive, He Said."
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E.
Frederick R. Koch
Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
- 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: William B. Ziff Sr. Target entity description: William B. Ziff Sr. was an American publishing executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the influential media company Ziff-Davis.
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A.
Herbert Fisher
Herbert Fisher was a British historian and Liberal politician who served as President of the Board of Education in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Zeckendorf
William Zeckendorf was a prominent mid-20th-century American real estate developer known for large-scale urban projects and pioneering modern commercial and residential complexes.
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C.
George Zuckerman
George Zuckerman was an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including collaborations with director Douglas Sirk.
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D.
William Tepper
William Tepper was an American actor and screenwriter best known for his lead role in Jack Nicholson’s 1971 directorial debut film "Drive, He Said."
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E.
Frederick R. Koch
Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
- 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_69e24552e11c81909c2d61578a558bd7 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17a7dd9348190ba7c74362ad30b1e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:26 p.m.