Triple

T2553392
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barnes & Noble E56677 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Barnes
William Barnes was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the major U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble.
 E280737 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 Barnes | Statement: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, William Barnes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Barnes
Context triple: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, William Barnes]
  • A. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. John Billington
    John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
  • C. Bartholomew Gedney
    Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
  • D. Thomas Holme
    Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
  • E. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • 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 Barnes
Triple: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, William Barnes]
Generated description
William Barnes was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the major U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Barnes
Target entity description: William Barnes was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the major U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble.
  • A. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. John Billington
    John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
  • C. Bartholomew Gedney
    Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
  • D. Thomas Holme
    Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
  • E. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd30bc6388190b78f2f931eb54041 completed March 7, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af839ead648190a8781299da30969b completed March 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af8421dae081909fd8c7ac37cd96f3 completed March 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af8487bcac819085b6f5827a48696a completed March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.