Triple
T6843122
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Graham |
E157823
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William J. Ruane |
E272295
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 J. Ruane | Statement: [Benjamin Graham, influenced, William J. Ruane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Ruane Context triple: [Benjamin Graham, influenced, William J. Ruane]
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A.
William J. Ruane
chosen
William J. Ruane was an American value investor and fund manager best known for founding the Sequoia Fund and for his close professional association with Warren Buffett.
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B.
Arthur E. Molloy
Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
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C.
William A. O'Kelly
William A. O'Kelly was a significant figure in the history of North Carolina A&T State University, honored for his contributions by having the university’s O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium named after him.
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D.
Charles E. Kearney
Charles E. Kearney was a 19th-century American railroad executive and civic leader after whom the city of Kearney, Missouri, is named.
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E.
William J. Moloney
William J. Moloney is known primarily as the husband of American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6882ed4c081909dc465a7cf8838be |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d6b7179481909e3482fef47b2719 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7a309dd4c81909f2a652f211911bc |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:19 p.m.