Triple

T2553393
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barnes & Noble E56677 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object G. Clifford Noble
G. Clifford Noble was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
 E449235 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: G. Clifford Noble | Statement: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, G. Clifford Noble]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. Clifford Noble
Context triple: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, G. Clifford Noble]
  • A. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • B. H. R. Noble
    H. R. Noble was a physicist known for co-conducting the Trouton–Noble experiment, a classic test of electromagnetic theory and relativity.
  • C. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • D. W. Burton Wescott
    W. Burton Wescott was an early film industry figure best known as one of the founders of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
  • E. John B. Purcell
    John B. Purcell was a 19th-century American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Cincinnati and was known for his public debates defending Catholic doctrine.
  • 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: G. Clifford Noble
Triple: [Barnes & Noble, foundedBy, G. Clifford Noble]
Generated description
G. Clifford Noble was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. Clifford Noble
Target entity description: G. Clifford Noble was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
  • A. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • B. H. R. Noble
    H. R. Noble was a physicist known for co-conducting the Trouton–Noble experiment, a classic test of electromagnetic theory and relativity.
  • C. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • D. W. Burton Wescott
    W. Burton Wescott was an early film industry figure best known as one of the founders of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
  • E. John B. Purcell
    John B. Purcell was a 19th-century American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Cincinnati and was known for his public debates defending Catholic doctrine.
  • 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_69bda3e679a881908f91a36675037d1a completed March 20, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bda46fa0f08190b02b98fd51d65166 completed March 20, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bda556d4188190a00d6e6259139c10 completed March 20, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.