Triple

T4180352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cunard Line E86578 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object George Burns
George Burns was a 19th-century Scottish shipping magnate who played a key role in developing transatlantic steamship travel.
E419971 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: George Burns | Statement: [Cunard Line, founder, George Burns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Burns
Context triple: [Cunard Line, founder, George Burns]
  • A. George Burns
    George Burns was an American comedian, actor, and writer renowned for his cigar-smoking persona, dry wit, and long-running partnership with his wife Gracie Allen in vaudeville, radio, film, and television.
  • B. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • C. Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn was an American character actor known for his distinguished, often avuncular screen presence in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including an Academy Award-winning role in "The More the Merrier."
  • D. Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, and entertainer best known for his work in classic films like "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and the television series "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
  • E. Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau was an American actor renowned for his gruff charm and comedic roles in films such as "The Odd Couple" and "The Bad News Bears."
  • 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: George Burns
Triple: [Cunard Line, founder, George Burns]
Generated description
George Burns was a 19th-century Scottish shipping magnate who played a key role in developing transatlantic steamship travel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Burns
Target entity description: George Burns was a 19th-century Scottish shipping magnate who played a key role in developing transatlantic steamship travel.
  • A. George Burns
    George Burns was an American comedian, actor, and writer renowned for his cigar-smoking persona, dry wit, and long-running partnership with his wife Gracie Allen in vaudeville, radio, film, and television.
  • B. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • C. Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn was an American character actor known for his distinguished, often avuncular screen presence in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including an Academy Award-winning role in "The More the Merrier."
  • D. Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, and entertainer best known for his work in classic films like "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and the television series "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
  • E. Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau was an American actor renowned for his gruff charm and comedic roles in films such as "The Odd Couple" and "The Bad News Bears."
  • 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_69aed93de98c8190ad838ce507b77c8a completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0302972c819082f6e1938ed417c4 completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b589f89f4481909f95d3ca915bac18 completed March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58e0446d48190a1fd54bcc72af026 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e8d57cc8190a823a7cf3a3f0cdf completed March 14, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.