Triple
T6173076
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Packard Motor Car Company |
E137749
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Doud Packard
William Doud Packard was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Packard Motor Car Company, a prominent early luxury automobile manufacturer.
|
E575749
|
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: William Doud Packard | Statement: [Packard Motor Car Company, foundedBy, William Doud Packard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Doud Packard Context triple: [Packard Motor Car Company, foundedBy, William Doud Packard]
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A.
William Fairchild
William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
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B.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.
Roy D. Chapin Jr. was an American automotive executive best known for leading American Motors Corporation as its chief executive during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
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.
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D.
Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Fairchild was an American industrialist and inventor who founded numerous technology companies and played a pivotal role in the early development of the semiconductor and aerospace industries.
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E.
Henry Leland
Henry Leland was an American engineer and industrialist best known for founding the Cadillac Automobile Company and playing a key role in the development of precision manufacturing in the automotive industry.
- 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: William Doud Packard Triple: [Packard Motor Car Company, foundedBy, William Doud Packard]
Generated description
William Doud Packard was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Packard Motor Car Company, a prominent early luxury automobile manufacturer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Doud Packard Target entity description: William Doud Packard was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Packard Motor Car Company, a prominent early luxury automobile manufacturer.
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A.
William Fairchild
William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
-
B.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.
Roy D. Chapin Jr. was an American automotive executive best known for leading American Motors Corporation as its chief executive during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
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.
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D.
Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Fairchild was an American industrialist and inventor who founded numerous technology companies and played a pivotal role in the early development of the semiconductor and aerospace industries.
-
E.
Henry Leland
Henry Leland was an American engineer and industrialist best known for founding the Cadillac Automobile Company and playing a key role in the development of precision manufacturing in the automotive industry.
- 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_69c008a68c508190a8d78245c865960e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05d94c47481909745b2533926a1ca |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16ee938748190ad03e19c241b0881 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1e26bd8688190a8689f6a0f8c0c74 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 1:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1e352fb648190ae6165b983294a60 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 1:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.