Triple
T363324
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Columbia Sportswear |
E7902
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gert Boyle
Gert Boyle was an American businesswoman and longtime chair of Columbia Sportswear, widely known for her “One Tough Mother” persona and pivotal role in building the company into a global outdoor apparel brand.
|
E118178
|
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: Gert Boyle | Statement: [Columbia Sportswear, foundedBy, Gert Boyle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gert Boyle Context triple: [Columbia Sportswear, foundedBy, Gert Boyle]
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A.
Rudulph Evans
Rudulph Evans was an American sculptor best known for creating the statue of Thomas Jefferson housed in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Garth Stevenson
Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
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C.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Jim Pollard
Jim Pollard was an American professional basketball forward, best known as a Hall of Famer and key early star of the Minneapolis Lakers dynasty.
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E.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
- 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: Gert Boyle Triple: [Columbia Sportswear, foundedBy, Gert Boyle]
Generated description
Gert Boyle was an American businesswoman and longtime chair of Columbia Sportswear, widely known for her “One Tough Mother” persona and pivotal role in building the company into a global outdoor apparel brand.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gert Boyle Target entity description: Gert Boyle was an American businesswoman and longtime chair of Columbia Sportswear, widely known for her “One Tough Mother” persona and pivotal role in building the company into a global outdoor apparel brand.
-
A.
Rudulph Evans
Rudulph Evans was an American sculptor best known for creating the statue of Thomas Jefferson housed in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
-
B.
Garth Stevenson
Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
-
C.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
-
D.
Jim Pollard
Jim Pollard was an American professional basketball forward, best known as a Hall of Famer and key early star of the Minneapolis Lakers dynasty.
-
E.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
- 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ebd1016481909b8ba3b047a47145 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac2a016f68819098d8fa3ec0f6adfa |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac2a6dedb88190b2943c056d99e02f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac2ae2a5748190ba518f29d7564822 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.