Triple

T14911991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Woodward & Lothrop E371283 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Alonzo D. Lothrop
Alonzo D. Lothrop was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop.
 E1173993 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: Alonzo D. Lothrop | Statement: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Alonzo D. Lothrop]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alonzo D. Lothrop
Context triple: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Alonzo D. Lothrop]
  • A. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • B. George A. Perkins
    George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
  • C. Charles W. Stoughton
    Charles W. Stoughton was an American architect known for designing commemorative monuments, including notable Civil War memorials.
  • D. Henry B. Bigelow
    Henry B. Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist renowned for his pioneering research on marine fauna and for helping to establish modern oceanographic science in the United States.
  • E. Herbert S. Bigelow
    Herbert S. Bigelow was an American clergyman and social reformer known for his progressive activism and advocacy for social justice 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: Alonzo D. Lothrop
Triple: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Alonzo D. Lothrop]
Generated description
Alonzo D. Lothrop was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alonzo D. Lothrop
Target entity description: Alonzo D. Lothrop was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop.
  • A. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • B. George A. Perkins
    George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
  • C. Charles W. Stoughton
    Charles W. Stoughton was an American architect known for designing commemorative monuments, including notable Civil War memorials.
  • D. Henry B. Bigelow
    Henry B. Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist renowned for his pioneering research on marine fauna and for helping to establish modern oceanographic science in the United States.
  • E. Herbert S. Bigelow
    Herbert S. Bigelow was an American clergyman and social reformer known for his progressive activism and advocacy for social justice 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_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_69ff82dfbc28819090cf56f16b5e7c39 completed May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83d929a48190aea75597b864d210 completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff846436e48190b711da134c9a3b81 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:26 a.m.