Triple
T14966608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | USA Today |
E373204
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Al Neuharth
Al Neuharth was an American businessman and journalist best known for creating the national newspaper USA Today and leading Gannett into a major media conglomerate.
|
E1130743
|
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: Al Neuharth | Statement: [USA Today, founder, Al Neuharth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Neuharth Context triple: [USA Today, founder, Al Neuharth]
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A.
Gordon Clapp
Gordon Clapp is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Detective Greg Medavoy on the television series "NYPD Blue."
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B.
Jerry Warriner
Jerry Warriner is the charming, witty husband whose marital misadventures and romantic sparring drive the screwball comedy of the classic film "The Awful Truth."
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C.
Donald E. Graham
Donald E. Graham is an American businessman and publisher best known for leading The Washington Post through significant periods of journalistic and corporate transformation.
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D.
Ross McWhirter
Ross McWhirter was a British writer, editor, and television presenter best known for co-compiling and popularizing the Guinness Book of Records with his twin brother, Norris.
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E.
John Ketcham
John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
- 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: Al Neuharth Triple: [USA Today, founder, Al Neuharth]
Generated description
Al Neuharth was an American businessman and journalist best known for creating the national newspaper USA Today and leading Gannett into a major media conglomerate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Neuharth Target entity description: Al Neuharth was an American businessman and journalist best known for creating the national newspaper USA Today and leading Gannett into a major media conglomerate.
-
A.
Gordon Clapp
Gordon Clapp is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Detective Greg Medavoy on the television series "NYPD Blue."
-
B.
Jerry Warriner
Jerry Warriner is the charming, witty husband whose marital misadventures and romantic sparring drive the screwball comedy of the classic film "The Awful Truth."
-
C.
Donald E. Graham
Donald E. Graham is an American businessman and publisher best known for leading The Washington Post through significant periods of journalistic and corporate transformation.
-
D.
Ross McWhirter
Ross McWhirter was a British writer, editor, and television presenter best known for co-compiling and popularizing the Guinness Book of Records with his twin brother, Norris.
-
E.
John Ketcham
John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
- 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_69d85ccbbcd48190acb56e7cf104d8ad |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded6e2fdcc8190bffe603db3388736 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe8be122688190b20fe4450786158a |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe9045dd208190a51e6648c4275ff4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe90ec50e081909ab267fee2b069bc |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:47 a.m.