Triple
T704316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NCR Corporation |
E14066
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
|
E89450
|
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: John Henry Patterson | Statement: [NCR Corporation, foundedBy, John Henry Patterson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Patterson Context triple: [NCR Corporation, foundedBy, John Henry Patterson]
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A.
Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton was a 19th-century Scottish-American detective and spy who founded one of the first and most influential private detective agencies in the United States.
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B.
Albert West
Albert West was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and an early supporter of his work in South Africa, contributing to Gandhi’s newspaper Indian Opinion and assisting in the development of the Phoenix Settlement.
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C.
John Nicholson
John Nicholson was a British Army officer in colonial India renowned for his fierce leadership and pivotal role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Albert DeSilver
Albert DeSilver was an American lawyer and civil liberties advocate best known as one of the founding figures of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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E.
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake was a prominent American actor and baritone best known for originating leading roles in landmark mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
- 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: John Henry Patterson Triple: [NCR Corporation, foundedBy, John Henry Patterson]
Generated description
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Patterson Target entity description: John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
-
A.
Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton was a 19th-century Scottish-American detective and spy who founded one of the first and most influential private detective agencies in the United States.
-
B.
Albert West
Albert West was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and an early supporter of his work in South Africa, contributing to Gandhi’s newspaper Indian Opinion and assisting in the development of the Phoenix Settlement.
-
C.
John Nicholson
John Nicholson was a British Army officer in colonial India renowned for his fierce leadership and pivotal role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
-
D.
Albert DeSilver
Albert DeSilver was an American lawyer and civil liberties advocate best known as one of the founding figures of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
-
E.
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake was a prominent American actor and baritone best known for originating leading roles in landmark mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a533fa788190bba0f55655469c46 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a654dcbb688190ab997a3d31ec729a |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a65b3535b48190be1986aed3dfe48a |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a65ba4d610819095bf3d166c038c8f |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.