Triple

T13062459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sobeys E329231 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John W. Sobey
John W. Sobey was a Canadian entrepreneur best known for establishing the grocery business that grew into the national supermarket chain Sobeys.
E1168566 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: John W. Sobey | Statement: [Sobeys, founder, John W. Sobey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Sobey
Context triple: [Sobeys, founder, John W. Sobey]
  • A. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • C. Ralph B. Lloyd
    Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
  • D. Ralph E. Ogden
    Ralph E. Ogden was an American businessman and arts patron best known for establishing the Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s leading outdoor sculpture parks.
  • E. Frank W. Gibb
    Frank W. Gibb was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Arkansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: John W. Sobey
Triple: [Sobeys, founder, John W. Sobey]
Generated description
John W. Sobey was a Canadian entrepreneur best known for establishing the grocery business that grew into the national supermarket chain Sobeys.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Sobey
Target entity description: John W. Sobey was a Canadian entrepreneur best known for establishing the grocery business that grew into the national supermarket chain Sobeys.
  • A. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • C. Ralph B. Lloyd
    Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
  • D. Ralph E. Ogden
    Ralph E. Ogden was an American businessman and arts patron best known for establishing the Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s leading outdoor sculpture parks.
  • E. Frank W. Gibb
    Frank W. Gibb was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Arkansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69d80771749c81909a6d9197b9504872 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d980e7ee548190b4b18bdb1357c359 completed April 10, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff5f1f80648190a4a0e8260ac95194 completed May 9, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff5fea7cb48190a1acb9201a12fa32 completed May 9, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff62e84bec81908a4885bf7f8f3749 completed May 9, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:59 p.m.