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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.