Triple
T1290949
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | FDX |
E27543
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder |
P8758
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frederick W. Smith |
E27671
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Frederick W. Smith | Statement: [FDX, hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder, Frederick W. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick W. Smith Context triple: [FDX, hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder, Frederick W. Smith]
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A.
Frederick W. Smith
chosen
Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
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B.
Thomas Siebel
Thomas Siebel is an American technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Siebel Systems and later the cloud computing company C3.ai.
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C.
John Gage
John Gage is a name shared by several notable figures, including historical politicians, diplomats, and fictional characters in film and television.
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D.
John F. Lehman
John F. Lehman is an American politician and former Secretary of the Navy who later served as a commissioner on the 9/11 Commission.
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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.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder Context triple: [FDX, hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder, Frederick W. Smith]
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A.
underlyingFoundedBy
chosen
Indicates that an entity’s foundational creation or establishment is ultimately attributable to another entity, which serves as its underlying founder.
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B.
underlyingCompany
Indicates that one entity serves as the fundamental or base company upon which another entity (such as a product, instrument, or structure) is built, derived, or dependent.
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C.
hasTypicalFounder
Indicates that an entity is commonly or characteristically founded or established by a particular type of founder.
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D.
underlyingCompanyName
Indicates the name of the company that serves as the foundational or primary entity underlying another entity, structure, or instrument.
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E.
hasFounderOfDeveloper
Indicates that an entity has as its founder a specific developer who established or created it.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0d6af908190ade9c481cc6f0ad8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acacbf0cf48190937f620900b08d3f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bee41ca08190b0ad6f7ea40c0b62 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.