Triple
T10619886
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bobcat Company |
E250168
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester Melroe
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
|
E913715
|
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: Lester Melroe | Statement: [Bobcat Company, foundedBy, Lester Melroe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Melroe Context triple: [Bobcat Company, foundedBy, Lester Melroe]
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A.
Lester Germer
Lester Germer was an American physicist best known for the Davisson–Germer experiment, which provided key evidence for the wave nature of electrons and helped confirm quantum mechanics.
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B.
Jerry Lester
Jerry Lester was an American comedian and television personality best known as an early late-night TV pioneer in the 1950s.
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C.
Lester Orlebeck
Lester Orlebeck was an American film editor and occasional director known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including classic family films of the mid-20th century.
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D.
Lloyd Sherr
Lloyd Sherr is an American voice actor best known for replacing George Carlin as the voice of Fillmore in the Cars animated film franchise.
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E.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
- 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: Lester Melroe Triple: [Bobcat Company, foundedBy, Lester Melroe]
Generated description
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Melroe Target entity description: Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
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A.
Lester Germer
Lester Germer was an American physicist best known for the Davisson–Germer experiment, which provided key evidence for the wave nature of electrons and helped confirm quantum mechanics.
-
B.
Jerry Lester
Jerry Lester was an American comedian and television personality best known as an early late-night TV pioneer in the 1950s.
-
C.
Lester Orlebeck
Lester Orlebeck was an American film editor and occasional director known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including classic family films of the mid-20th century.
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D.
Lloyd Sherr
Lloyd Sherr is an American voice actor best known for replacing George Carlin as the voice of Fillmore in the Cars animated film franchise.
-
E.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
- 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_69d6aa5993448190a493b790b8f85010 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6df6fc47c8190b77b61a7fd223d65 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4cbacad608190adddd91f13e4113b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e4d9e87508819080932fac06fb754d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e4dda28b0081909245b65faae3533b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m.