Triple

T2472936
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harley-Davidson E55018 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William A. Davidson
William A. Davidson was one of the early co-founders and key leaders of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
 E386549 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: William A. Davidson | Statement: [Harley-Davidson, foundedBy, William A. Davidson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Davidson
Context triple: [Harley-Davidson, foundedBy, William A. Davidson]
  • A. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • B. Walter Dellinger
    Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Norman Pitkin
    Norman Pitkin is the bumbling, well-meaning comic character famously portrayed by British comedian Norman Wisdom in a series of mid-20th-century films.
  • E. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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: William A. Davidson
Triple: [Harley-Davidson, foundedBy, William A. Davidson]
Generated description
William A. Davidson was one of the early co-founders and key leaders of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Davidson
Target entity description: William A. Davidson was one of the early co-founders and key leaders of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
  • A. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • B. Walter Dellinger
    Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Norman Pitkin
    Norman Pitkin is the bumbling, well-meaning comic character famously portrayed by British comedian Norman Wisdom in a series of mid-20th-century films.
  • E. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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_69ab49e279e88190ab10d7248aea9d11 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd149c10c819098ff75f176972c8b completed March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e4c13494819095821f44916329c9 completed March 14, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e88d88248190a4061327296818c7 completed March 14, 2026, 4:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4e8f38ba88190944236b2e8ae743e completed March 14, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.