Triple
T9535691
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Filene's |
E230008
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Filene
William Filene was an American merchant best known for establishing the Filene’s department store, a pioneering force in modern retailing.
|
E806119
|
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: William Filene | Statement: [Filene's, founder, William Filene]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Filene Context triple: [Filene's, founder, William Filene]
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A.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
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B.
John J. Raskob
John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
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C.
Luther Whitney
Luther Whitney is the aging master thief and central protagonist of David Baldacci’s political thriller "Absolute Power," whose discovery of a deadly secret inside the White House puts his life in jeopardy.
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D.
Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Kahn was a prominent German-born American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts active in the early 20th century.
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E.
J. L. Hudson
J. L. Hudson was a prominent Detroit businessman best known as the founder of the J. L. Hudson Company department store, which became one of the largest and most influential retail establishments in the United States.
- 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: William Filene Triple: [Filene's, founder, William Filene]
Generated description
William Filene was an American merchant best known for establishing the Filene’s department store, a pioneering force in modern retailing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Filene Target entity description: William Filene was an American merchant best known for establishing the Filene’s department store, a pioneering force in modern retailing.
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A.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
-
B.
John J. Raskob
John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
-
C.
Luther Whitney
Luther Whitney is the aging master thief and central protagonist of David Baldacci’s political thriller "Absolute Power," whose discovery of a deadly secret inside the White House puts his life in jeopardy.
-
D.
Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Kahn was a prominent German-born American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts active in the early 20th century.
-
E.
J. L. Hudson
J. L. Hudson was a prominent Detroit businessman best known as the founder of the J. L. Hudson Company department store, which became one of the largest and most influential retail establishments in the United States.
- 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_69ca847b1b3081908f72bc932c17cc41 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd98cd6a5c8190835c0910ec38ede3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d14c4804988190b99343734b4882e0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d14e5455848190a0b2aa4d93204c6a |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d14eab4b6c819081e1f54cc79bf49f |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.