Triple
T9855481
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Express Company |
E239573
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Butterfield |
E284486
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Butterfield | Statement: [American Express Company, founder, John Butterfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Butterfield Context triple: [American Express Company, founder, John Butterfield]
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A.
John Butterfield
chosen
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
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B.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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C.
Daniel Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for composing the bugle call "Taps."
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D.
Henry Bolton
Henry Bolton is a British politician best known for serving as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2017–2018.
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E.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84e6493081909cf58c8d42ea856b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb39719288190adf45e7c029edd51 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1e4349a50819084ee1fcd067a082b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:35 p.m.