Triple

T4189763
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject JE Dunn Construction E89004 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Ernest Dunn
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
 E628783 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: John Ernest Dunn | Statement: [JE Dunn Construction, foundedBy, John Ernest Dunn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ernest Dunn
Context triple: [JE Dunn Construction, foundedBy, John Ernest Dunn]
  • A. William Howell Davis
    William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
  • B. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. John B. Denton
    John B. Denton was a 19th-century American Methodist minister, lawyer, and soldier on the Texas frontier who was killed in conflict with Native Americans and later became the namesake of Denton County, Texas.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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: John Ernest Dunn
Triple: [JE Dunn Construction, foundedBy, John Ernest Dunn]
Generated description
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ernest Dunn
Target entity description: John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
  • A. William Howell Davis
    William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
  • B. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. John B. Denton
    John B. Denton was a 19th-century American Methodist minister, lawyer, and soldier on the Texas frontier who was killed in conflict with Native Americans and later became the namesake of Denton County, Texas.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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_69aed9569a4481908b6c1fcec2a11e21 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af033ef6648190adde17f943d89c78 completed March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c750f84be081908fa4738e09cb884e completed March 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7524d677c81909531ba9bb46f2632 completed March 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c752bef2808190843f3cad53aa5702 completed March 28, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.