Triple
T11429256
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Irving B. Harris |
E270836
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Harris Investors
William Harris Investors is a Chicago-based investment firm associated with philanthropist and businessman Irving B. Harris, focusing on long-term, value-oriented asset management.
|
E924903
|
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 Harris Investors | Statement: [Irving B. Harris, employer, William Harris Investors]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harris Investors Context triple: [Irving B. Harris, employer, William Harris Investors]
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A.
Mario J. Gabelli
Mario J. Gabelli is an American billionaire investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist known for founding the investment firm GAMCO Investors and for his major contributions to business education.
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B.
Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer of leveraged buyouts.
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C.
Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and activist investor best known as the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.
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D.
A. G. Edwards
A. G. Edwards was a Welsh Anglican clergyman who became the first Archbishop of Wales and played a key role in shaping the Church in Wales in the early 20th century.
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E.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
- 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 Harris Investors Triple: [Irving B. Harris, employer, William Harris Investors]
Generated description
William Harris Investors is a Chicago-based investment firm associated with philanthropist and businessman Irving B. Harris, focusing on long-term, value-oriented asset management.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harris Investors Target entity description: William Harris Investors is a Chicago-based investment firm associated with philanthropist and businessman Irving B. Harris, focusing on long-term, value-oriented asset management.
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A.
Mario J. Gabelli
Mario J. Gabelli is an American billionaire investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist known for founding the investment firm GAMCO Investors and for his major contributions to business education.
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B.
Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer of leveraged buyouts.
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C.
Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and activist investor best known as the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.
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D.
A. G. Edwards
A. G. Edwards was a Welsh Anglican clergyman who became the first Archbishop of Wales and played a key role in shaping the Church in Wales in the early 20th century.
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E.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
- 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d806c1bfb881909720c74fe0fa837f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b8d923688190bb4d61d57768e10e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5c28e2dd481909b45a43b5825f393 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5c4722c348190a4c49edb1f6df240 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.