Triple

T753907
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Newell Brands E15510 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edgar A. Newell
Edgar A. Newell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for building the Newell Company into a major consumer goods manufacturer that later became Newell Brands.
 E167832 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: Edgar A. Newell | Statement: [Newell Brands, foundedBy, Edgar A. Newell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edgar A. Newell
Context triple: [Newell Brands, foundedBy, Edgar A. Newell]
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. Louis C. Newhall
    Louis C. Newhall was an American architect best known for designing Boston Garden, the historic multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • C. Herbert L. Anderson
    Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • 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: Edgar A. Newell
Triple: [Newell Brands, foundedBy, Edgar A. Newell]
Generated description
Edgar A. Newell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for building the Newell Company into a major consumer goods manufacturer that later became Newell Brands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edgar A. Newell
Target entity description: Edgar A. Newell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for building the Newell Company into a major consumer goods manufacturer that later became Newell Brands.
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. Louis C. Newhall
    Louis C. Newhall was an American architect best known for designing Boston Garden, the historic multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • C. Herbert L. Anderson
    Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • 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_69a493599a0081908da65f3407af1ef2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a64ecadc8190a82e25444e7abba6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e56e7fc8190a81cbd97e20fd0e6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0eba81d481909e2912832d527cec completed March 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f835b6c81908efa0c7820fdc05b completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.