Triple

T15512557
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kenilworth, Illinois E368746 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Joseph Sears
Joseph Sears was an American businessman and real estate developer best known for creating the affluent planned suburb of Kenilworth, Illinois, in the late 19th century.
 E1163140 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: Joseph Sears | Statement: [Kenilworth, Illinois, founder, Joseph Sears]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Sears
Context triple: [Kenilworth, Illinois, founder, Joseph Sears]
  • A. Robert Seaman
    Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
  • B. Ian Dunn
    Ian Dunn is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to the late actress Emma Chambers.
  • C. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • D. Eric Sears
    Eric Sears is a film editor known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the 2007 film "Shooter."
  • E. John Sewell
    John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
  • 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: Joseph Sears
Triple: [Kenilworth, Illinois, founder, Joseph Sears]
Generated description
Joseph Sears was an American businessman and real estate developer best known for creating the affluent planned suburb of Kenilworth, Illinois, in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Sears
Target entity description: Joseph Sears was an American businessman and real estate developer best known for creating the affluent planned suburb of Kenilworth, Illinois, in the late 19th century.
  • A. Robert Seaman
    Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
  • B. Ian Dunn
    Ian Dunn is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to the late actress Emma Chambers.
  • C. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • D. Eric Sears
    Eric Sears is a film editor known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the 2007 film "Shooter."
  • E. John Sewell
    John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
  • 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_69d85a1794cc8190b0b428716296e63e completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04030c0208190a1931ea130075603 completed April 16, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff454eafe48190a481b4adb8388395 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff467e5d6c8190ba3bf6557e683233 completed May 9, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff470912bc8190a42ee312aca55872 completed May 9, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4 a.m.