Triple

T13232845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Unocal Corporation E315065 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas Bard
Thomas Bard was an American oil industry pioneer and politician who played a key role in developing California’s petroleum resources and later served as a U.S. Senator from the state.
E1029613 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: Thomas Bard | Statement: [Unocal Corporation, founder, Thomas Bard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Bard
Context triple: [Unocal Corporation, founder, Thomas Bard]
  • A. Frank Dukes
    Frank Dukes is a Canadian record producer and songwriter known for his influential sample libraries and work with major hip-hop and R&B artists.
  • B. Mont Clair Carpenter
    Mont Clair Carpenter was the father of iconic 1930s Hollywood film star Jean Harlow.
  • C. George Marks
    George Marks was a film editor known for his work on early American cinema, including the pioneering all-talking feature "Lights of New York."
  • D. Fred Maynard
    Fred Maynard was an early 20th-century Aboriginal Australian activist and leader who championed Indigenous rights, land justice, and self-determination.
  • E. William Anthony McGuire
    William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his work on major Broadway productions and Hollywood films in the early 20th 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: Thomas Bard
Triple: [Unocal Corporation, founder, Thomas Bard]
Generated description
Thomas Bard was an American oil industry pioneer and politician who played a key role in developing California’s petroleum resources and later served as a U.S. Senator from the state.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Bard
Target entity description: Thomas Bard was an American oil industry pioneer and politician who played a key role in developing California’s petroleum resources and later served as a U.S. Senator from the state.
  • A. Frank Dukes
    Frank Dukes is a Canadian record producer and songwriter known for his influential sample libraries and work with major hip-hop and R&B artists.
  • B. Mont Clair Carpenter
    Mont Clair Carpenter was the father of iconic 1930s Hollywood film star Jean Harlow.
  • C. George Marks
    George Marks was a film editor known for his work on early American cinema, including the pioneering all-talking feature "Lights of New York."
  • D. Fred Maynard
    Fred Maynard was an early 20th-century Aboriginal Australian activist and leader who championed Indigenous rights, land justice, and self-determination.
  • E. William Anthony McGuire
    William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his work on major Broadway productions and Hollywood films in the early 20th 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_69d806affc688190a25b6ccc588e9c72 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d34ff288190bdb550a019b7a470 completed April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6ff2dca2c81909cab1aa868ad575d completed May 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70476310c8190b13dc948c1f1ce95 completed May 3, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70578047c819089fc3044eceb4eac completed May 3, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:22 p.m.