Triple

T8800712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Polman E209398 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object Andrew Winston
Andrew Winston is a sustainability expert and author known for his influential work on corporate environmental strategy and coauthoring books with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman.
E759302 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: Andrew Winston | Statement: [Paul Polman, coAuthorWith, Andrew Winston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Winston
Context triple: [Paul Polman, coAuthorWith, Andrew Winston]
  • A. Amory B. Lovins
    Amory B. Lovins is an American physicist and environmentalist known for his pioneering work in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design.
  • B. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • C. James Gustave Speth
    James Gustave Speth is an American environmental lawyer, policy expert, and academic known for his leadership in global sustainability and environmental advocacy.
  • D. Mike Berners-Lee
    Mike Berners-Lee is a British researcher, author, and expert on climate change and carbon footprinting, known for books such as "How Bad Are Bananas?" and "There Is No Planet B."
  • E. Ray Anderson
    Ray Anderson is an American sports executive and former NFL vice president who has served as the athletic director at Arizona State University.
  • 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: Andrew Winston
Triple: [Paul Polman, coAuthorWith, Andrew Winston]
Generated description
Andrew Winston is a sustainability expert and author known for his influential work on corporate environmental strategy and coauthoring books with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Winston
Target entity description: Andrew Winston is a sustainability expert and author known for his influential work on corporate environmental strategy and coauthoring books with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman.
  • A. Amory B. Lovins
    Amory B. Lovins is an American physicist and environmentalist known for his pioneering work in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design.
  • B. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • C. James Gustave Speth
    James Gustave Speth is an American environmental lawyer, policy expert, and academic known for his leadership in global sustainability and environmental advocacy.
  • D. Mike Berners-Lee
    Mike Berners-Lee is a British researcher, author, and expert on climate change and carbon footprinting, known for books such as "How Bad Are Bananas?" and "There Is No Planet B."
  • E. Ray Anderson
    Ray Anderson is an American sports executive and former NFL vice president who has served as the athletic director at Arizona State University.
  • 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_69ca836320e48190b5cf585b90a322c4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fb8aab88190befed16301e08efc completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6f6fdd688190bf40bbde0be991e1 completed April 3, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf718a6f2c81908f8b8d08a1437749 completed April 3, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf7275fea08190b8999fb30663ff17 completed April 3, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:44 p.m.