Triple
T1169227
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tobacco Company |
E24875
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Buchanan Duke |
E50683
|
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: James Buchanan Duke | Statement: [American Tobacco Company, founder, James Buchanan Duke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Duke Context triple: [American Tobacco Company, founder, James Buchanan Duke]
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A.
James Buchanan Duke
chosen
James Buchanan Duke was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune from tobacco and electric power helped establish and endow Duke University.
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B.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
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C.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
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D.
David Carnegie
David Carnegie is a Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist from the prominent Carnegie family, known for his business ventures and charitable activities.
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E.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
- 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_69a494082a7c819095004f423f294a64 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bce821b481908bc278a3fa7973f4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac668562788190ac5f8d081a46b2ee |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.