Triple

T6338545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M.A. Mortenson Company E142560 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Morris A. Mortenson
Morris A. Mortenson was an American businessman and construction executive best known as the founder of the M.A. Mortenson Company, a major construction and real estate development firm.
 E587789 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: Morris A. Mortenson | Statement: [M.A. Mortenson Company, foundedBy, Morris A. Mortenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Morris A. Mortenson
Context triple: [M.A. Mortenson Company, foundedBy, Morris A. Mortenson]
  • A. Frederick C. Fairbanks
    Frederick C. Fairbanks was the son of U.S. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and a member of the prominent Fairbanks political family.
  • B. James A. McClure
    James A. McClure was a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho known for his strong advocacy of gun rights and conservative policies.
  • C. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • D. Henry M. Gunn
    Henry M. Gunn was a longtime Palo Alto educator and superintendent whose contributions to local education led to a high school being named in his honor.
  • E. J. O. Jeppson
    J. O. Jeppson is the science fiction pen name of psychiatrist and author Janet Asimov, known for her collaborations with her husband Isaac Asimov and her own speculative works.
  • 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: Morris A. Mortenson
Triple: [M.A. Mortenson Company, foundedBy, Morris A. Mortenson]
Generated description
Morris A. Mortenson was an American businessman and construction executive best known as the founder of the M.A. Mortenson Company, a major construction and real estate development firm.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Morris A. Mortenson
Target entity description: Morris A. Mortenson was an American businessman and construction executive best known as the founder of the M.A. Mortenson Company, a major construction and real estate development firm.
  • A. Frederick C. Fairbanks
    Frederick C. Fairbanks was the son of U.S. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and a member of the prominent Fairbanks political family.
  • B. James A. McClure
    James A. McClure was a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho known for his strong advocacy of gun rights and conservative policies.
  • C. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • D. Henry M. Gunn
    Henry M. Gunn was a longtime Palo Alto educator and superintendent whose contributions to local education led to a high school being named in his honor.
  • E. J. O. Jeppson
    J. O. Jeppson is the science fiction pen name of psychiatrist and author Janet Asimov, known for her collaborations with her husband Isaac Asimov and her own speculative works.
  • 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_69c008d4d8e88190ad301c05b08722ac completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0654fb774819087bffb8b966a790a completed March 22, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c62d4656f48190a4725fdeb2dd255d completed March 27, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c62f020d808190a59cbab15a9ca5dc completed March 27, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c62fbbf58881908e872a6a67676fac completed March 27, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m.