Triple

T3868064
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NBBJ E91909 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William J. Bain Sr.
William J. Bain Sr. was an American architect best known as a founding partner of the prominent architecture and design firm NBBJ.
 E396070 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 J. Bain Sr. | Statement: [NBBJ, foundedBy, William J. Bain Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William J. Bain Sr.
Context triple: [NBBJ, foundedBy, William J. Bain Sr.]
  • A. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. John T. Ramsay
    John T. Ramsay, better known as Jack Ramsay, was a Hall of Fame American basketball coach renowned for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship.
  • C. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • D. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • E. Robert Hall Weir
    Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
  • 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 J. Bain Sr.
Triple: [NBBJ, foundedBy, William J. Bain Sr.]
Generated description
William J. Bain Sr. was an American architect best known as a founding partner of the prominent architecture and design firm NBBJ.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William J. Bain Sr.
Target entity description: William J. Bain Sr. was an American architect best known as a founding partner of the prominent architecture and design firm NBBJ.
  • A. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. John T. Ramsay
    John T. Ramsay, better known as Jack Ramsay, was a Hall of Fame American basketball coach renowned for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship.
  • C. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • D. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • E. Robert Hall Weir
    Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
  • 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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec3cc1a88190924125a86f72fd5b completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b512440b8c8190ae2048bfcdd565ec completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b512f3504c8190be940148a4f726e9 completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5172b369c8190956d7c54943225cd completed March 14, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.