Triple

T5495534
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Woolen Company E144201 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Frederick Ayer
Frederick Ayer was an American industrialist and businessman known for his leadership in the textile industry and his role in building major manufacturing enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E531273 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: Frederick Ayer | Statement: [American Woolen Company, foundedBy, Frederick Ayer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Ayer
Context triple: [American Woolen Company, foundedBy, Frederick Ayer]
  • A. Charles Morris
    Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
  • B. James Ayer
    James Ayer was a prominent local figure and benefactor after whom the town of Ayer, Massachusetts, was named.
  • C. F. Frederick Ayer
    F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • D. Henry Sidgwick
    Henry Sidgwick was a 19th-century English utilitarian philosopher and economist best known for his work "The Methods of Ethics" and his influential contributions to moral philosophy and welfare economics.
  • E. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • 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: Frederick Ayer
Triple: [American Woolen Company, foundedBy, Frederick Ayer]
Generated description
Frederick Ayer was an American industrialist and businessman known for his leadership in the textile industry and his role in building major manufacturing enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Ayer
Target entity description: Frederick Ayer was an American industrialist and businessman known for his leadership in the textile industry and his role in building major manufacturing enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Charles Morris
    Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
  • B. James Ayer
    James Ayer was a prominent local figure and benefactor after whom the town of Ayer, Massachusetts, was named.
  • C. F. Frederick Ayer
    F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • D. Henry Sidgwick
    Henry Sidgwick was a 19th-century English utilitarian philosopher and economist best known for his work "The Methods of Ethics" and his influential contributions to moral philosophy and welfare economics.
  • E. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • 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_69c008f5a2748190bce7a39aabf87a6d completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01b8c05ac8190999f84c33719d794 completed March 22, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027887dc48190be1761b17481e106 completed March 22, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c033db6ebc8190ab35c707b846426d completed March 22, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0345cd5b88190855efd8c1bb94693 completed March 22, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:31 p.m.