Triple
T300316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colgate-Palmolive |
E6182
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Colgate
William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.
|
E38985
|
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 Colgate | Statement: [Colgate-Palmolive, foundedBy, William Colgate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Colgate Context triple: [Colgate-Palmolive, foundedBy, William Colgate]
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A.
William Wrigley Jr.
William Wrigley Jr. was an American chewing gum industrialist and owner of the Chicago Cubs who built a business empire around Wrigley’s gum.
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B.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
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C.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
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D.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
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E.
John J. Raskob
John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
- 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 Colgate Triple: [Colgate-Palmolive, foundedBy, William Colgate]
Generated description
William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Colgate Target entity description: William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.
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A.
William Wrigley Jr.
William Wrigley Jr. was an American chewing gum industrialist and owner of the Chicago Cubs who built a business empire around Wrigley’s gum.
-
B.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
-
C.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
-
D.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
-
E.
John J. Raskob
John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
- 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_69a2e79114b081909490b3bf5a5dbb51 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2e9e6a8308190b9bd15310e324504 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3aba14b0881908eb4f62ac9261d63 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3af5161448190b2051c9533379b3e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3afb5fca48190a2bfece390311dca |
completed | March 1, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.