Triple

T4649493
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lindsay Corporation E102256 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Paul Zimmerer
Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
 E525793 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: Paul Zimmerer | Statement: [Lindsay Corporation, foundedBy, Paul Zimmerer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Zimmerer
Context triple: [Lindsay Corporation, foundedBy, Paul Zimmerer]
  • A. Michael Ballhaus
    Michael Ballhaus was a renowned German cinematographer celebrated for his dynamic camera work and frequent collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
  • B. David Frisch
    David Frisch is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League during the 1990s.
  • C. Richard Riemerschmid
    Richard Riemerschmid was a pioneering German architect and designer associated with Jugendstil and early modernism, known for his influential role in uniting art, craft, and industry.
  • D. Fredric Steinkamp
    Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
  • E. Paul Schulze
    Paul Schulze is an American character actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Nurse Jackie," "The Sopranos," and "24."
  • 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: Paul Zimmerer
Triple: [Lindsay Corporation, foundedBy, Paul Zimmerer]
Generated description
Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Zimmerer
Target entity description: Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
  • A. Michael Ballhaus
    Michael Ballhaus was a renowned German cinematographer celebrated for his dynamic camera work and frequent collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
  • B. David Frisch
    David Frisch is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League during the 1990s.
  • C. Richard Riemerschmid
    Richard Riemerschmid was a pioneering German architect and designer associated with Jugendstil and early modernism, known for his influential role in uniting art, craft, and industry.
  • D. Fredric Steinkamp
    Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
  • E. Paul Schulze
    Paul Schulze is an American character actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Nurse Jackie," "The Sopranos," and "24."
  • 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6300a3fc8190b39ee96d756a748e completed March 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf9f5291f881909d9470a728667346 completed March 22, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf9fd66250819093c3278a5c2d3854 completed March 22, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfa04278688190b13b011342047e4c completed March 22, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.