Triple

T280402
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lester B. Pearson E5341 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pearson
Pearson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, academia, business, and the arts.
 E32445 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: Pearson | Statement: [Lester B. Pearson, familyName, Pearson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pearson
Context triple: [Lester B. Pearson, familyName, Pearson]
  • A. Pearson
    Pearson is a major British multinational publishing and education company known for its textbooks, assessments, and digital learning solutions worldwide.
  • B. Houghton Mifflin
    Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
  • C. W. H. Freeman and Company
    W. H. Freeman and Company is an academic publishing house best known for producing influential college-level science and mathematics textbooks.
  • D. Addison-Wesley
    Addison-Wesley is a prominent American publishing company known for its influential textbooks and professional books in science, engineering, and computer science.
  • E. Harcourt Brace & World
    Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Pearson
Triple: [Lester B. Pearson, familyName, Pearson]
Generated description
Pearson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, academia, business, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pearson
Target entity description: Pearson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, academia, business, and the arts.
  • A. Pearson chosen
    Pearson is a major British multinational publishing and education company known for its textbooks, assessments, and digital learning solutions worldwide.
  • B. Houghton Mifflin
    Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
  • C. W. H. Freeman and Company
    W. H. Freeman and Company is an academic publishing house best known for producing influential college-level science and mathematics textbooks.
  • D. Addison-Wesley
    Addison-Wesley is a prominent American publishing company known for its influential textbooks and professional books in science, engineering, and computer science.
  • E. Harcourt Brace & World
    Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e0868708190ad551ca06cc57f4a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a394a407588190a1f52821fe3b5fc7 completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a395524c248190ba42ae1de870a598 completed March 1, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a395d7fc408190a1eb0fea0d0b2838 completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.