Triple

T1534725
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brown & Williamson E32524 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Robert Lynn Williamson
Robert Lynn Williamson was an American tobacco executive best known as a founder of the major cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson.
 E214159 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: Robert Lynn Williamson | Statement: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, Robert Lynn Williamson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Lynn Williamson
Context triple: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, Robert Lynn Williamson]
  • A. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • B. Hugh Williamson
    Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
  • C. Thomas Lyle Williams
    Thomas Lyle Williams was an American entrepreneur best known for creating the Maybelline cosmetics brand, which became one of the world’s leading makeup companies.
  • D. Willard Martin
    Willard Martin was an American architect best known for creating Portland, Oregon’s iconic public space, Pioneer Courthouse Square.
  • E. John Joseph Woods
    John Joseph Woods was a New Zealand schoolteacher and musician best known for composing the music to the national anthem "God Defend New Zealand."
  • 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: Robert Lynn Williamson
Triple: [Brown & Williamson, foundedBy, Robert Lynn Williamson]
Generated description
Robert Lynn Williamson was an American tobacco executive best known as a founder of the major cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Lynn Williamson
Target entity description: Robert Lynn Williamson was an American tobacco executive best known as a founder of the major cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson.
  • A. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • B. Hugh Williamson
    Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
  • C. Thomas Lyle Williams
    Thomas Lyle Williams was an American entrepreneur best known for creating the Maybelline cosmetics brand, which became one of the world’s leading makeup companies.
  • D. Willard Martin
    Willard Martin was an American architect best known for creating Portland, Oregon’s iconic public space, Pioneer Courthouse Square.
  • E. John Joseph Woods
    John Joseph Woods was a New Zealand schoolteacher and musician best known for composing the music to the national anthem "God Defend New Zealand."
  • 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_69adeabea0d88190b0bd83aece8c7b55 completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeea29fd4819099e1ac22b9ce123f completed March 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adef4913608190824764bd79821a7e completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.