Triple
T634416
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United Fruit Company |
E15991
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Minor C. Keith
Minor C. Keith was an American businessman and railroad developer whose banana and railway enterprises in Central America led to the creation of the powerful United Fruit Company.
|
E95928
|
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: Minor C. Keith | Statement: [United Fruit Company, foundedBy, Minor C. Keith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minor C. Keith Context triple: [United Fruit Company, foundedBy, Minor C. Keith]
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A.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
Mervin J. Kelly
Mervin J. Kelly was an American physicist and influential Bell Labs executive known for his leadership in advancing telecommunications and solid-state research.
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C.
Stephen T. Early
Stephen T. Early was a prominent American government official and longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later became the first U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
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D.
John S. Middleton
John S. Middleton is an American businessman and billionaire best known as the managing partner and principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
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E.
Vernon L. Walker
Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
- 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: Minor C. Keith Triple: [United Fruit Company, foundedBy, Minor C. Keith]
Generated description
Minor C. Keith was an American businessman and railroad developer whose banana and railway enterprises in Central America led to the creation of the powerful United Fruit Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minor C. Keith Target entity description: Minor C. Keith was an American businessman and railroad developer whose banana and railway enterprises in Central America led to the creation of the powerful United Fruit Company.
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A.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
-
B.
Mervin J. Kelly
Mervin J. Kelly was an American physicist and influential Bell Labs executive known for his leadership in advancing telecommunications and solid-state research.
-
C.
Stephen T. Early
Stephen T. Early was a prominent American government official and longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later became the first U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
-
D.
John S. Middleton
John S. Middleton is an American businessman and billionaire best known as the managing partner and principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
-
E.
Vernon L. Walker
Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
- 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49ee4ee8481908ad45405e3f3835c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d69ade481909322f5f28f0050e4 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a78257f9988190a04b8d764d820194 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a78337cd4c8190bce8a0716a6e85e4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.