Triple
T4602226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Macerich |
E100345
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Cohen
Richard Cohen is an American businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of the shopping center real estate company Macerich.
|
E455994
|
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: Richard Cohen | Statement: [Macerich, foundedBy, Richard Cohen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Cohen Context triple: [Macerich, foundedBy, Richard Cohen]
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A.
Frank Rich
Frank Rich is an American essayist and former New York Times theater critic who later became a prominent television producer and creative consultant, notably on acclaimed HBO series.
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B.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg is an American journalist and author known for his long-form reporting on foreign policy and national security, and for serving as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
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C.
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
James J. Kilpatrick
James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens is an American conservative journalist and columnist known for his incisive political commentary and foreign policy analysis.
- 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: Richard Cohen Triple: [Macerich, foundedBy, Richard Cohen]
Generated description
Richard Cohen is an American businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of the shopping center real estate company Macerich.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Cohen Target entity description: Richard Cohen is an American businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of the shopping center real estate company Macerich.
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A.
Frank Rich
Frank Rich is an American essayist and former New York Times theater critic who later became a prominent television producer and creative consultant, notably on acclaimed HBO series.
-
B.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg is an American journalist and author known for his long-form reporting on foreign policy and national security, and for serving as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
-
C.
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
-
D.
James J. Kilpatrick
James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens is an American conservative journalist and columnist known for his incisive political commentary and foreign policy analysis.
- 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_69bd43cbc014819098b45f435908f88a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd597462c08190bcdb3efd880778b1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfa60b3348190ac8e28f9e78e1d99 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfbea628c81908f96e706d650ef9f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdfc97fc54819093e0cff18a40bde2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.