Triple

T2908943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bear Stearns E63634 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Joseph Ainslie Bear
Joseph Ainslie Bear was an American investment banker best known as one of the three co-founders of the Wall Street firm Bear Stearns in the early 20th century.
E444454 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: Joseph Ainslie Bear | Statement: [Bear Stearns, founder, Joseph Ainslie Bear]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Ainslie Bear
Context triple: [Bear Stearns, founder, Joseph Ainslie Bear]
  • A. Alexander P. Stewart
    Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
  • B. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • C. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • D. James T. Grady
    James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
  • E. George W. Gage
    George W. Gage was a prominent 19th-century Chicago businessman and civic leader after whom Gage Park in Chicago is named.
  • 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: Joseph Ainslie Bear
Triple: [Bear Stearns, founder, Joseph Ainslie Bear]
Generated description
Joseph Ainslie Bear was an American investment banker best known as one of the three co-founders of the Wall Street firm Bear Stearns in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Ainslie Bear
Target entity description: Joseph Ainslie Bear was an American investment banker best known as one of the three co-founders of the Wall Street firm Bear Stearns in the early 20th century.
  • A. Alexander P. Stewart
    Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
  • B. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • C. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • D. James T. Grady
    James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
  • E. George W. Gage
    George W. Gage was a prominent 19th-century Chicago businessman and civic leader after whom Gage Park in Chicago is named.
  • 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_69ab4c44ab448190b9411324e8a1fc1d completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0d329c88190b6fcaef0be1799eb completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b65efe2ab881909bc709f369a75b6f completed March 15, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b66008494c81908205772ba3cf29be completed March 15, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b66069b8708190b3351c68484dc034 completed March 15, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:11 p.m.