Triple

T3823929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ball Corporation E88639 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William C. Ball
William C. Ball was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Ball Corporation, a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
E875068 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 C. Ball | Statement: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, William C. Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Ball
Context triple: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, William C. Ball]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edward B. Burling
    Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
  • C. 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.
  • D. William H. Brinkerhoff
    William H. Brinkerhoff was a 19th-century New Jersey politician who served as a U.S. Representative from that state.
  • E. John B. Gough
    John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
  • 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 C. Ball
Triple: [Ball Corporation, foundedBy, William C. Ball]
Generated description
William C. Ball was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Ball Corporation, a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Ball
Target entity description: William C. Ball was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Ball Corporation, a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edward B. Burling
    Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
  • C. 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.
  • D. William H. Brinkerhoff
    William H. Brinkerhoff was a 19th-century New Jersey politician who served as a U.S. Representative from that state.
  • E. John B. Gough
    John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
  • 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_69d96af89e48819093a6c149ac988391 completed April 10, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d96d85f9648190a43c8c924f5139e3 completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d96e1a36688190b97ced745bc6a30d completed April 10, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.