Triple
T12059352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HNTB |
E287125
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Emmanuel Howard
Ernest Emmanuel Howard was an American engineer and businessman best known as a founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
|
E961658
|
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: Ernest Emmanuel Howard | Statement: [HNTB, foundedBy, Ernest Emmanuel Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Emmanuel Howard Context triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, Ernest Emmanuel Howard]
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A.
Joseph Howard
Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
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B.
Ernest Hartley
Ernest Hartley was the maternal grandfather of Suzanne Farrington, the only child of actress Vivien Leigh.
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C.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a prominent American law enforcement official who served as Atlanta’s long-time police chief and became nationally known for his role in addressing civil rights-era unrest and advising on urban disorder.
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D.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Leo Amery
Leo Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and journalist who served in several key government posts during the early to mid-20th century, particularly noted for his role in imperial and wartime policy.
- 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: Ernest Emmanuel Howard Triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, Ernest Emmanuel Howard]
Generated description
Ernest Emmanuel Howard was an American engineer and businessman best known as a founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Emmanuel Howard Target entity description: Ernest Emmanuel Howard was an American engineer and businessman best known as a founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
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A.
Joseph Howard
Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
-
B.
Ernest Hartley
Ernest Hartley was the maternal grandfather of Suzanne Farrington, the only child of actress Vivien Leigh.
-
C.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a prominent American law enforcement official who served as Atlanta’s long-time police chief and became nationally known for his role in addressing civil rights-era unrest and advising on urban disorder.
-
D.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
-
E.
Leo Amery
Leo Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and journalist who served in several key government posts during the early to mid-20th century, particularly noted for his role in imperial and wartime policy.
- 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9043dbccc8190bf9da181f826f0d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f49df216bc8190933e08f495f4d22f |
completed | May 1, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f53d96c3f08190847ba49929b7628f |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f564b826ec819098906cf735e45093 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.