Triple

T3823926
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ball Corporation E88639 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Frank C. Ball
Frank C. Ball was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as one of the Ball brothers who built Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
E874864 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: Frank C. Ball | Statement: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, Frank C. Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank C. Ball
Context triple: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, Frank C. Ball]
  • A. Frank T. Bow
    Frank T. Bow was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1951 to 1971.
  • B. Harry E. Edington
    Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
  • C. William T. Purdy
    William T. Purdy was an American songwriter best known for composing the melody that became the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s iconic fight song.
  • D. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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: Frank C. Ball
Triple: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, Frank C. Ball]
Generated description
Frank C. Ball was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as one of the Ball brothers who built Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank C. Ball
Target entity description: Frank C. Ball was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as one of the Ball brothers who built Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
  • A. Frank T. Bow
    Frank T. Bow was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1951 to 1971.
  • B. Harry E. Edington
    Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
  • C. William T. Purdy
    William T. Purdy was an American songwriter best known for composing the melody that became the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s iconic fight song.
  • D. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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_69aed9538cf881909d9ce8ca4ac7c18c completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeeb6223808190aee0c15259eeeecd completed March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d95e38789881909e45e8d0b0489a59 completed April 10, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d95f508b6481909405f0404246c69e completed April 10, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9600a29808190af583d2fd696ec6a completed April 10, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.