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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
William H. Brinkerhoff
William H. Brinkerhoff was a 19th-century New Jersey politician who served as a U.S. Representative from that state.
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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.
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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.