Triple
T1549215
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lorillard Tobacco Company |
E33048
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pierre Lorillard II
Pierre Lorillard II was an American tobacco manufacturer and entrepreneur best known for building the Lorillard family business into one of the earliest and most prominent tobacco companies in the United States.
|
E175755
|
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: Pierre Lorillard II | Statement: [Lorillard Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Pierre Lorillard II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Lorillard II Context triple: [Lorillard Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Pierre Lorillard II]
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A.
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the DuPont gunpowder company, which grew into one of the largest and most influential chemical corporations in the United States.
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B.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
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C.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
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D.
Ethel du Pont
Ethel du Pont was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent du Pont family who became widely known for her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
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E.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
- 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: Pierre Lorillard II Triple: [Lorillard Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Pierre Lorillard II]
Generated description
Pierre Lorillard II was an American tobacco manufacturer and entrepreneur best known for building the Lorillard family business into one of the earliest and most prominent tobacco companies in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Lorillard II Target entity description: Pierre Lorillard II was an American tobacco manufacturer and entrepreneur best known for building the Lorillard family business into one of the earliest and most prominent tobacco companies in the United States.
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A.
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the DuPont gunpowder company, which grew into one of the largest and most influential chemical corporations in the United States.
-
B.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
-
C.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
-
D.
Ethel du Pont
Ethel du Pont was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent du Pont family who became widely known for her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
-
E.
Pierre S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
- 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_69a885ee6db8819099502bc5ce8af881 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90857bfb48190a2d66a601d228b72 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad30a29ae88190ab1b2ca97b8ed09c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad3196e92481909bd09e6c765a9698 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad32391ed881909826a80a90f18cb4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.