Triple

T15658838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natural Resources Defense Council E376517 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Richard Ayres
Richard Ayres is an American environmental lawyer and activist best known as one of the co-founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental advocacy organization.
E1170324 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: Richard Ayres | Statement: [Natural Resources Defense Council, foundedBy, Richard Ayres]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Ayres
Context triple: [Natural Resources Defense Council, foundedBy, Richard Ayres]
  • A. Gordon Douglas
    Gordon Douglas was an American film director known for his prolific work across genres in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1970s.
  • B. Ronald Neame
    Ronald Neame was a British film director, producer, and cinematographer known for works such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and collaborations with Alec Guinness.
  • C. Hugh Hudson
    Hugh Hudson was a British film director best known for his Academy Award–winning 1981 sports drama "Chariots of Fire."
  • D. Adrian Sturges
    Adrian Sturges is a British film and television producer known for his work on independent and genre-bending projects, including the thriller "The Escapist" (2008).
  • E. Richard Langer
    Richard Langer is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
  • 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: Richard Ayres
Triple: [Natural Resources Defense Council, foundedBy, Richard Ayres]
Generated description
Richard Ayres is an American environmental lawyer and activist best known as one of the co-founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental advocacy organization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Ayres
Target entity description: Richard Ayres is an American environmental lawyer and activist best known as one of the co-founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental advocacy organization.
  • A. Gordon Douglas
    Gordon Douglas was an American film director known for his prolific work across genres in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1970s.
  • B. Ronald Neame
    Ronald Neame was a British film director, producer, and cinematographer known for works such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and collaborations with Alec Guinness.
  • C. Hugh Hudson
    Hugh Hudson was a British film director best known for his Academy Award–winning 1981 sports drama "Chariots of Fire."
  • D. Adrian Sturges
    Adrian Sturges is a British film and television producer known for his work on independent and genre-bending projects, including the thriller "The Escapist" (2008).
  • E. Richard Langer
    Richard Langer is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
  • 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_69d85cd1564c8190991adda63bfab4b0 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04ef3cb8c8190a10815b675b341c1 completed April 16, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff679bb7f0819092a98c2981bc9267 completed May 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff68a1b374819089dc6fe1f252cc0f completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff698bf6a481908d326451232a8cbb completed May 9, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:15 a.m.