Triple
T3502563
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sotheby’s |
E74001
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Baker
Samuel Baker was an 18th-century British bookseller and auctioneer best known for establishing the auction house that became Sotheby’s.
|
E364220
|
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: Samuel Baker | Statement: [Sotheby’s, founder, Samuel Baker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Baker Context triple: [Sotheby’s, founder, Samuel Baker]
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A.
Cecil Vyse
Cecil Vyse is a snobbish, socially pretentious English gentleman whose ill-suited engagement to Lucy Honeychurch highlights class and emotional constraints in the film "A Room with a View."
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B.
Ernest Brown
Ernest Brown was a British Liberal National politician who served as Minister of Labour in Neville Chamberlain’s government before later becoming Secretary of State for Scotland.
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C.
John Hanning Speke
John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
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D.
J. W. Barlow
J. W. Barlow was an American settler and community founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
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E.
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.
- 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: Samuel Baker Triple: [Sotheby’s, founder, Samuel Baker]
Generated description
Samuel Baker was an 18th-century British bookseller and auctioneer best known for establishing the auction house that became Sotheby’s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Baker Target entity description: Samuel Baker was an 18th-century British bookseller and auctioneer best known for establishing the auction house that became Sotheby’s.
-
A.
Cecil Vyse
Cecil Vyse is a snobbish, socially pretentious English gentleman whose ill-suited engagement to Lucy Honeychurch highlights class and emotional constraints in the film "A Room with a View."
-
B.
Ernest Brown
Ernest Brown was a British Liberal National politician who served as Minister of Labour in Neville Chamberlain’s government before later becoming Secretary of State for Scotland.
-
C.
John Hanning Speke
John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
-
D.
J. W. Barlow
J. W. Barlow was an American settler and community founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
-
E.
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.
- 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbbef47988190b5b3fe2e452b9ac8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373d88dc08190a8508f990b01cf03 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3779133788190a17b2d8a51587682 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b377facc048190849ccd4ddcd9b442 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.