Triple

T14911990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Woodward & Lothrop E371283 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Samuel Walter Woodward
Samuel Walter Woodward was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store chain Woodward & Lothrop.
E1127524 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: Samuel Walter Woodward | Statement: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Samuel Walter Woodward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Walter Woodward
Context triple: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Samuel Walter Woodward]
  • A. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • B. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • C. Charles W. Woodward
    Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
  • D. Charles Evans Whittaker
    Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
  • E. John Randolph Webb
    John Randolph Webb was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for creating and starring as Sgt. Joe Friday in the classic radio and television series "Dragnet."
  • 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: Samuel Walter Woodward
Triple: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Samuel Walter Woodward]
Generated description
Samuel Walter Woodward was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store chain Woodward & Lothrop.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Walter Woodward
Target entity description: Samuel Walter Woodward was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store chain Woodward & Lothrop.
  • A. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • B. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • C. Charles W. Woodward
    Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
  • D. Charles Evans Whittaker
    Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
  • E. John Randolph Webb
    John Randolph Webb was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for creating and starring as Sgt. Joe Friday in the classic radio and television series "Dragnet."
  • 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_69d85cc7ea3481908228b5acb7d06f12 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded61d75008190b6f9a1a38137836f completed April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe72bb366481909706d511f5ae1290 completed May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe733a580c8190bc2f053188bb7145 completed May 8, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe75ecce8c8190a879d8f908d9fb28 completed May 8, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:26 a.m.