Triple

T54940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Powell’s City of Books E1083 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Walter Powell
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
E50806 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: Walter Powell | Statement: [Powell’s City of Books, foundedBy, Walter Powell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Powell
Context triple: [Powell’s City of Books, foundedBy, Walter Powell]
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. Robert W. Taylor
    Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
  • C. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • D. Matthias N. Forney
    Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • 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: Walter Powell
Triple: [Powell’s City of Books, foundedBy, Walter Powell]
Generated description
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Powell
Target entity description: Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. Robert W. Taylor
    Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
  • C. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • D. Matthias N. Forney
    Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • 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_69a248adc5b48190aa8db9fb092fb28a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b06c5488190afb5429a7999e3f3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a41034bb0c819088ee08dee7428af5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a410fe34e48190a4992e7a3feb413d completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4114cf6b48190b3eca339d1fdaa86 completed March 1, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.