Triple
T7422449
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Target Corporation |
E171282
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Dayton
George Dayton was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the retail company that became Target Corporation.
|
E664353
|
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: George Dayton | Statement: [Target Corporation, foundedBy, George Dayton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Dayton Context triple: [Target Corporation, foundedBy, George Dayton]
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A.
William Lundigan
William Lundigan was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s through the 1960s, known for roles in dramas, war films, and early TV series.
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B.
James Ritz
James Ritz is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1977 action-comedy film "Grand Theft Auto," one of Ron Howard’s early directing projects.
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C.
Wayne Huizenga
Wayne Huizenga was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding Waste Management, Blockbuster Video, and AutoNation, and for owning multiple professional sports franchises in South Florida.
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D.
F. Ross Johnson
F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
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E.
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas is a prominent software developer and author best known as a co-author of "The Pragmatic Programmer" and an original signatory of the Agile Manifesto.
- 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: George Dayton Triple: [Target Corporation, foundedBy, George Dayton]
Generated description
George Dayton was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the retail company that became Target Corporation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Dayton Target entity description: George Dayton was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the retail company that became Target Corporation.
-
A.
William Lundigan
William Lundigan was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s through the 1960s, known for roles in dramas, war films, and early TV series.
-
B.
James Ritz
James Ritz is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1977 action-comedy film "Grand Theft Auto," one of Ron Howard’s early directing projects.
-
C.
Wayne Huizenga
Wayne Huizenga was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding Waste Management, Blockbuster Video, and AutoNation, and for owning multiple professional sports franchises in South Florida.
-
D.
F. Ross Johnson
F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
-
E.
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas is a prominent software developer and author best known as a co-author of "The Pragmatic Programmer" and an original signatory of the Agile Manifesto.
- 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_69c68a625d048190af70eb8b63bec5a0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f2ed29ec8190804564185fe20797 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c81effc488819086336eea92604fa8 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c81fe025d081909f2a5c4515c60f64 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c824010104819081977e89d79ebb44 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:11 p.m.