Triple

T12452272
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben & Jerry's E297559 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Jerry Greenfield
Jerry Greenfield is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.
 E985222 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: Jerry Greenfield | Statement: [Ben & Jerry's, foundedBy, Jerry Greenfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerry Greenfield
Context triple: [Ben & Jerry's, foundedBy, Jerry Greenfield]
  • A. John Greenfield
    John Greenfield was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Greenfield, California, was named in his honor.
  • B. Sam Greenfield
    Sam Greenfield is the perpetually unlucky young woman who becomes the central heroine of the animated fantasy film "Luck," navigating a secret world of good and bad fortune.
  • C. Daniel Green
    Daniel Green is a music producer known for his work on the track "Paradise."
  • D. Martin Green
    Martin Green is a renowned Australian engineer and solar energy researcher recognized as a leading pioneer in photovoltaic technology.
  • E. Christopher Greenup
    Christopher Greenup was an early American politician who served as the third governor of Kentucky in the early 19th century.
  • 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: Jerry Greenfield
Triple: [Ben & Jerry's, foundedBy, Jerry Greenfield]
Generated description
Jerry Greenfield is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerry Greenfield
Target entity description: Jerry Greenfield is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.
  • A. John Greenfield
    John Greenfield was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Greenfield, California, was named in his honor.
  • B. Sam Greenfield
    Sam Greenfield is the perpetually unlucky young woman who becomes the central heroine of the animated fantasy film "Luck," navigating a secret world of good and bad fortune.
  • C. Daniel Green
    Daniel Green is a music producer known for his work on the track "Paradise."
  • D. Martin Green
    Martin Green is a renowned Australian engineer and solar energy researcher recognized as a leading pioneer in photovoltaic technology.
  • E. Christopher Greenup
    Christopher Greenup was an early American politician who served as the third governor of Kentucky in the early 19th century.
  • 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_69d6ada166c48190b902972cd2408fa3 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d9fa5f0819080ca9f6efa212c59 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f16e87c8190b7e9f61561ae865a completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6412345ac8190826f4fecb8055fb5 completed May 2, 2026, 6:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64231606481909b8dd9d878670a6c completed May 2, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.