Triple

T3805243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E-Trade E92989 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William A. Porter
William A. Porter was an American businessman and technology pioneer best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
 E407266 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 A. Porter | Statement: [E-Trade, foundedBy, William A. Porter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Porter
Context triple: [E-Trade, foundedBy, William A. Porter]
  • A. Lyman J. Gage
    Lyman J. Gage was an American banker and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • B. Josiah Parsons Cooke
    Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
  • C. James H. White
    James H. White was an early American film director and producer associated with the pioneering motion picture work of the Edison Manufacturing Company.
  • D. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • E. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • 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 A. Porter
Triple: [E-Trade, foundedBy, William A. Porter]
Generated description
William A. Porter was an American businessman and technology pioneer best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Porter
Target entity description: William A. Porter was an American businessman and technology pioneer best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
  • A. Lyman J. Gage
    Lyman J. Gage was an American banker and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • B. Josiah Parsons Cooke
    Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
  • C. James H. White
    James H. White was an early American film director and producer associated with the pioneering motion picture work of the Edison Manufacturing Company.
  • D. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • E. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • 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_69aed96a60088190ab1df8390fffc935 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee7bd95e881908649ce512f7470b0 completed March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c2db6a481909ebc822a1d3f831f completed March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54ff4f5c48190a395eea86bc2c3bc completed March 14, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5503769248190b05449bb3e3823bd completed March 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.