Triple

T2651244
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irving family E53902 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object K. C. Irving
K. C. Irving was a Canadian industrialist who built a vast business empire spanning oil, forestry, media, and transportation, becoming one of the most powerful and influential figures in Atlantic Canada’s economic history.
E287088 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: K. C. Irving | Statement: [Irving family, notableMember, K. C. Irving]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. C. Irving
Context triple: [Irving family, notableMember, K. C. Irving]
  • A. Harry Brodribb Irving
    Harry Brodribb Irving was a British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for following his father Sir Henry Irving into a prominent theatrical career.
  • B. Edwin Blashfield
    Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
  • C. Donald Cargill
    Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
  • D. Henry Davison
    Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
  • E. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • 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: K. C. Irving
Triple: [Irving family, notableMember, K. C. Irving]
Generated description
K. C. Irving was a Canadian industrialist who built a vast business empire spanning oil, forestry, media, and transportation, becoming one of the most powerful and influential figures in Atlantic Canada’s economic history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. C. Irving
Target entity description: K. C. Irving was a Canadian industrialist who built a vast business empire spanning oil, forestry, media, and transportation, becoming one of the most powerful and influential figures in Atlantic Canada’s economic history.
  • A. Harry Brodribb Irving
    Harry Brodribb Irving was a British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for following his father Sir Henry Irving into a prominent theatrical career.
  • B. Edwin Blashfield
    Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
  • C. Donald Cargill
    Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
  • D. Henry Davison
    Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
  • E. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd93071248190820197936e3167f7 completed March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98cc2d9881908556b915a1870c02 completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af9a0966a88190b76c50ac801438e2 completed March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9dfac8048190be715b844eedf064 completed March 10, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.