Triple

T15235572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grainger family E364117 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object David W. Grainger
David W. Grainger is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist, best known as a key figure in the growth and leadership of the W.W. Grainger industrial supply company.
E1157506 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: David W. Grainger | Statement: [Grainger family, hasNotableMember, David W. Grainger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Grainger
Context triple: [Grainger family, hasNotableMember, David W. Grainger]
  • A. Jonathan I. Coddington
    Jonathan I. Coddington is an American arachnologist and biodiversity scientist known for his research on spider systematics and his leadership roles at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
  • B. David H. Brown
    David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
  • C. David S. Mathewson
    David S. Mathewson was an Australian radio astronomer known for his pioneering work on the structure and dynamics of nearby galaxies and intergalactic gas.
  • D. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • E. Stephen P. Graham
    Stephen P. Graham is a distinguished member of the prominent Graham family, recognized for his professional achievements and public prominence.
  • 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: David W. Grainger
Triple: [Grainger family, hasNotableMember, David W. Grainger]
Generated description
David W. Grainger is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist, best known as a key figure in the growth and leadership of the W.W. Grainger industrial supply company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Grainger
Target entity description: David W. Grainger is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist, best known as a key figure in the growth and leadership of the W.W. Grainger industrial supply company.
  • A. Jonathan I. Coddington
    Jonathan I. Coddington is an American arachnologist and biodiversity scientist known for his research on spider systematics and his leadership roles at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
  • B. David H. Brown
    David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
  • C. David S. Mathewson
    David S. Mathewson was an Australian radio astronomer known for his pioneering work on the structure and dynamics of nearby galaxies and intergalactic gas.
  • D. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • E. Stephen P. Graham
    Stephen P. Graham is a distinguished member of the prominent Graham family, recognized for his professional achievements and public prominence.
  • 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e007d91e4881908ea52d11a3d4480a completed April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff219294d48190a4b6754aa107b155 completed May 9, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2238fdd481909d958880e27d164c completed May 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff22ac9b888190bd3e7078fd23f500 completed May 9, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.