Triple
T3071585
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Loblaws |
E64035
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theodore Loblaw
Theodore Loblaw was a Canadian grocer and entrepreneur best known for founding the Loblaws supermarket chain, a pioneer of modern self-service grocery retailing in Canada.
|
E325235
|
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: Theodore Loblaw | Statement: [Loblaws, foundedBy, Theodore Loblaw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Loblaw Context triple: [Loblaws, foundedBy, Theodore Loblaw]
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A.
John Davenport
John Davenport was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the New Haven Colony in New England.
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B.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
Percy Nelles
Percy Nelles was a Canadian admiral who served as Chief of the Naval Staff during World War II and played a key leadership role in the Royal Canadian Navy’s efforts in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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D.
William Lava
William Lava was an American composer best known for scoring numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, including many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.
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E.
Murray Costello
Murray Costello is a Canadian former ice hockey executive and physician best known for his influential leadership in Hockey Canada and international hockey development.
- 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: Theodore Loblaw Triple: [Loblaws, foundedBy, Theodore Loblaw]
Generated description
Theodore Loblaw was a Canadian grocer and entrepreneur best known for founding the Loblaws supermarket chain, a pioneer of modern self-service grocery retailing in Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Loblaw Target entity description: Theodore Loblaw was a Canadian grocer and entrepreneur best known for founding the Loblaws supermarket chain, a pioneer of modern self-service grocery retailing in Canada.
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A.
John Davenport
John Davenport was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the New Haven Colony in New England.
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B.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
Percy Nelles
Percy Nelles was a Canadian admiral who served as Chief of the Naval Staff during World War II and played a key leadership role in the Royal Canadian Navy’s efforts in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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D.
William Lava
William Lava was an American composer best known for scoring numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, including many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.
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E.
Murray Costello
Murray Costello is a Canadian former ice hockey executive and physician best known for his influential leadership in Hockey Canada and international hockey development.
- 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_69ad857a8aec8190bfdfd9c14554ac5a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada14c8bd881909cf1bb2649ba36db |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f8828c488190877902a6c2dfcb5e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f930321081908f98aa5f9b8ba611 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f9ad0b148190b98f93699598dd1e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.