Triple

T4424199
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caterpillar Inc. E95171 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object C. L. Best
C. L. Best was an American tractor and machinery pioneer whose company eventually merged into what became Caterpillar Inc., helping lay the foundation for the modern heavy equipment industry.
E437165 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: C. L. Best | Statement: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, C. L. Best]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. L. Best
Context triple: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, C. L. Best]
  • A. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • B. S. R. Hadden
    S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
  • C. E. L. M. Burns
    E. L. M. Burns was a Canadian army officer and general who played a prominent role in international peacekeeping, notably serving as a senior commander in early United Nations operations.
  • D. C.K. Holliday
    C.K. Holliday is a historic steam locomotive that serves as one of the original engines operating on the Disneyland Railroad in Disneyland Park.
  • E. L. C. Bates
    L. C. Bates was an African American journalist and civil rights activist who co-founded and co-published the Arkansas State Press newspaper with his wife, Daisy Bates.
  • 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: C. L. Best
Triple: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, C. L. Best]
Generated description
C. L. Best was an American tractor and machinery pioneer whose company eventually merged into what became Caterpillar Inc., helping lay the foundation for the modern heavy equipment industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. L. Best
Target entity description: C. L. Best was an American tractor and machinery pioneer whose company eventually merged into what became Caterpillar Inc., helping lay the foundation for the modern heavy equipment industry.
  • A. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • B. S. R. Hadden
    S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
  • C. E. L. M. Burns
    E. L. M. Burns was a Canadian army officer and general who played a prominent role in international peacekeeping, notably serving as a senior commander in early United Nations operations.
  • D. C.K. Holliday
    C.K. Holliday is a historic steam locomotive that serves as one of the original engines operating on the Disneyland Railroad in Disneyland Park.
  • E. L. C. Bates
    L. C. Bates was an African American journalist and civil rights activist who co-founded and co-published the Arkansas State Press newspaper with his wife, Daisy Bates.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554ca5208190ba2661616dcf071c completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f62f7eb88190a02669845126e790 completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f6c8a58481908d7bd3d4cfaf265c completed March 15, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f73f38d481908ad44dfd33de85ca completed March 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.