Triple

T14774946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shimadzu Corporation E347234 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Genzo Shimadzu Sr.
Genzo Shimadzu Sr. was a pioneering Japanese industrialist and inventor who established the Shimadzu Corporation, a major manufacturer of scientific instruments and precision equipment.
E1119529 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: Genzo Shimadzu Sr. | Statement: [Shimadzu Corporation, foundedBy, Genzo Shimadzu Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Genzo Shimadzu Sr.
Context triple: [Shimadzu Corporation, foundedBy, Genzo Shimadzu Sr.]
  • A. Gunichi Mikawa
    Gunichi Mikawa was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, best known for leading Japanese cruiser forces in several major Pacific naval engagements.
  • B. Michio Nishizawa
    Michio Nishizawa was a prominent Japanese professional baseball player and later manager, renowned for his long and influential career in Nippon Professional Baseball.
  • C. Daishiro Yamagiwa
    Daishiro Yamagiwa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in key economic policy roles within the national government.
  • D. Jun-ichi Nishizawa
    Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
  • E. Shigeo Nagashima
    Shigeo Nagashima is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in Nippon Professional Baseball history.
  • 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: Genzo Shimadzu Sr.
Triple: [Shimadzu Corporation, foundedBy, Genzo Shimadzu Sr.]
Generated description
Genzo Shimadzu Sr. was a pioneering Japanese industrialist and inventor who established the Shimadzu Corporation, a major manufacturer of scientific instruments and precision equipment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Genzo Shimadzu Sr.
Target entity description: Genzo Shimadzu Sr. was a pioneering Japanese industrialist and inventor who established the Shimadzu Corporation, a major manufacturer of scientific instruments and precision equipment.
  • A. Gunichi Mikawa
    Gunichi Mikawa was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, best known for leading Japanese cruiser forces in several major Pacific naval engagements.
  • B. Michio Nishizawa
    Michio Nishizawa was a prominent Japanese professional baseball player and later manager, renowned for his long and influential career in Nippon Professional Baseball.
  • C. Daishiro Yamagiwa
    Daishiro Yamagiwa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in key economic policy roles within the national government.
  • D. Jun-ichi Nishizawa
    Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
  • E. Shigeo Nagashima
    Shigeo Nagashima is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in Nippon Professional Baseball history.
  • 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_69d822e9b9e08190bedcc31a163fda82 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec815dd5081909e927911c06b2d66 completed April 14, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe0cfd26fc81909fba39c8705437ed completed May 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe17fc37ec8190b2e9c786a5e7843e completed May 8, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe18786294819080ce5ee0d8af00c9 completed May 8, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:31 a.m.