Triple

T4424200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caterpillar Inc. E95171 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Benjamin Holt
Benjamin Holt was an American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the first successful track-type tractor, which laid the groundwork for the modern Caterpillar company.
E437166 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: Benjamin Holt | Statement: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, Benjamin Holt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Holt
Context triple: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, Benjamin Holt]
  • A. Ransom E. Olds
    Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer and industrialist who helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States.
  • B. Cyrus McCormick
    Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture.
  • C. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • D. Frederick Rentschler
    Frederick Rentschler was an American aviation engineer and industrialist best known for founding Pratt & Whitney and playing a key role in the development of modern aircraft engines.
  • E. Horace Elgin Dodge
    Horace Elgin Dodge was an American automobile pioneer and co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company, a major early 20th-century car and parts manufacturer.
  • 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: Benjamin Holt
Triple: [Caterpillar Inc., foundedBy, Benjamin Holt]
Generated description
Benjamin Holt was an American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the first successful track-type tractor, which laid the groundwork for the modern Caterpillar company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Holt
Target entity description: Benjamin Holt was an American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the first successful track-type tractor, which laid the groundwork for the modern Caterpillar company.
  • A. Ransom E. Olds
    Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer and industrialist who helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States.
  • B. Cyrus McCormick
    Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture.
  • C. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • D. Frederick Rentschler
    Frederick Rentschler was an American aviation engineer and industrialist best known for founding Pratt & Whitney and playing a key role in the development of modern aircraft engines.
  • E. Horace Elgin Dodge
    Horace Elgin Dodge was an American automobile pioneer and co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company, a major early 20th-century car and parts manufacturer.
  • 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.