Triple

T4499505
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Interactive Data Corporation E101183 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John R. Whitney
John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
 E524255 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 R. Whitney | Statement: [Interactive Data Corporation, foundedBy, John R. Whitney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John R. Whitney
Context triple: [Interactive Data Corporation, foundedBy, John R. Whitney]
  • A. Albert R. Meyer
    Albert R. Meyer is an American computer scientist and professor at MIT known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and the foundations of computation.
  • B. Roy D. Chapin
    Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
  • C. John Hay Whitney
    John Hay Whitney was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, and prominent art collector who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and owned the New York Herald Tribune.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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 R. Whitney
Triple: [Interactive Data Corporation, foundedBy, John R. Whitney]
Generated description
John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John R. Whitney
Target entity description: John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
  • A. Albert R. Meyer
    Albert R. Meyer is an American computer scientist and professor at MIT known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and the foundations of computation.
  • B. Roy D. Chapin
    Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
  • C. John Hay Whitney
    John Hay Whitney was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, and prominent art collector who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and owned the New York Herald Tribune.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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_69bd43d175248190894dc58b5b395c26 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd56c29868819097633c7cd398e865 completed March 20, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf70c144d88190a36bbb0b12413fc0 completed March 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf71a11e648190a43998d60b94dad4 completed March 22, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf71f051bc8190bc92b04861e9335e completed March 22, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1 p.m.