Triple

T11233521
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mitsui & Co., Ltd. E265884 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Mitsui family
The Mitsui family is a prominent Japanese merchant and industrial dynasty that built one of Japan’s most powerful zaibatsu business conglomerates from the Edo period onward.
E913042 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: Mitsui family | Statement: [Mitsui & Co., Ltd., foundedBy, Mitsui family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mitsui family
Context triple: [Mitsui & Co., Ltd., foundedBy, Mitsui family]
  • A. Konoe family
    The Konoe family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that historically held high-ranking positions in the imperial court and produced influential political figures, including pre-World War II Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
  • B. Iwakura family
    The Iwakura family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage best known for producing Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman in the Meiji Restoration.
  • C. Takamado family
    The Takamado family is a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family descended from Prince Takamado, known for its active engagement in cultural, charitable, and international goodwill activities.
  • D. Higashikuni-no-miya family
    The Higashikuni-no-miya family was a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family, established in the early 20th century and notable for its close ties to the main imperial line.
  • E. Shōda family
    The Shōda family is a prominent Japanese family best known for including Michiko Shōda, who became Empress Michiko as the wife of Emperor Akihito.
  • 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: Mitsui family
Triple: [Mitsui & Co., Ltd., foundedBy, Mitsui family]
Generated description
The Mitsui family is a prominent Japanese merchant and industrial dynasty that built one of Japan’s most powerful zaibatsu business conglomerates from the Edo period onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mitsui family
Target entity description: The Mitsui family is a prominent Japanese merchant and industrial dynasty that built one of Japan’s most powerful zaibatsu business conglomerates from the Edo period onward.
  • A. Konoe family
    The Konoe family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that historically held high-ranking positions in the imperial court and produced influential political figures, including pre-World War II Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
  • B. Iwakura family
    The Iwakura family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage best known for producing Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman in the Meiji Restoration.
  • C. Takamado family
    The Takamado family is a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family descended from Prince Takamado, known for its active engagement in cultural, charitable, and international goodwill activities.
  • D. Higashikuni-no-miya family
    The Higashikuni-no-miya family was a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family, established in the early 20th century and notable for its close ties to the main imperial line.
  • E. Shōda family
    The Shōda family is a prominent Japanese family best known for including Michiko Shōda, who became Empress Michiko as the wife of Emperor Akihito.
  • 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e903b8ec81909f9c89776d35c650 completed April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4ad56013481909f931505824e3b42 completed April 19, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4b12dd658819085c25d3edac2d66c completed April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4b3d23b18819096f3a11aecc732bd completed April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.