Triple
T1534724
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brown & Williamson |
E32524
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George T. Brown
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
|
E521512
|
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: George T. Brown | Statement: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, George T. Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George T. Brown Context triple: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, George T. Brown]
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A.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
John A. Pearson
John A. Pearson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for designing major public and institutional buildings.
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D.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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E.
William A. Wheeler
William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- 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: George T. Brown Triple: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, George T. Brown]
Generated description
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George T. Brown Target entity description: George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
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A.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
-
B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
-
C.
John A. Pearson
John A. Pearson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for designing major public and institutional buildings.
-
D.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
-
E.
William A. Wheeler
William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90828cdf08190aa404a0c11335c7b |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf41063b048190a68a6f6d42b7aaa2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf43db7fa48190b58fe5a5d7509cb8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf4475e86481909de41b6fa7959c8f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.