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]
  • A. John Davenport
    John Davenport was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the New Haven Colony in New England.
  • B. Donald Bell
    Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A. John Davenport
    John Davenport was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the New Haven Colony in New England.
  • B. Donald Bell
    Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.