Triple
T25337
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | General Motors |
E506
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William C. Durant
William C. Durant was an American automobile pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and early leader of General Motors and Chevrolet.
|
E9259
|
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 C. Durant | Statement: [General Motors, foundedBy, William C. Durant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Durant Context triple: [General Motors, foundedBy, William C. Durant]
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A.
Walter Chrysler
Walter Chrysler was an American automotive industry pioneer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation, one of the major U.S. car manufacturers of the 20th century.
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B.
Elbert H. Gary
Elbert H. Gary was an American lawyer, judge, and industrialist best known as the founding chairman and longtime leader of U.S. Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century.
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C.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
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D.
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
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E.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
- 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 C. Durant Triple: [General Motors, foundedBy, William C. Durant]
Generated description
William C. Durant was an American automobile pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and early leader of General Motors and Chevrolet.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Durant Target entity description: William C. Durant was an American automobile pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and early leader of General Motors and Chevrolet.
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A.
Walter Chrysler
Walter Chrysler was an American automotive industry pioneer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation, one of the major U.S. car manufacturers of the 20th century.
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B.
Elbert H. Gary
Elbert H. Gary was an American lawyer, judge, and industrialist best known as the founding chairman and longtime leader of U.S. Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century.
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C.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
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D.
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
-
E.
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and industrialist best known for pioneering railway air brakes and promoting alternating current (AC) power systems.
- 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2466d166881908bd8513c8d09fe8d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a266e1e9408190989c703bfc694682 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a267c8dd688190bef495cc98c4966f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a268227ecc8190bb4b4149a7e15923 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.