Triple

T15743947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject May Department Stores Company E381670 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David May
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
 E1212108 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: David May | Statement: [May Department Stores Company, foundedBy, David May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David May
Context triple: [May Department Stores Company, foundedBy, David May]
  • A. Chris May
    Chris May is a collegiate sports administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Saint Louis University, overseeing the Billikens’ athletic programs.
  • B. Don Dixon
    Don Dixon is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his influential work in the jangle pop and alternative rock scenes, including producing early albums by R.E.M. and other notable artists.
  • C. Anthony McHenry
    Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
  • D. Arthur Dunn
    Arthur Dunn was an English educator and former footballer best known for establishing the prestigious preparatory institution Ludgrove School.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: David May
Triple: [May Department Stores Company, foundedBy, David May]
Generated description
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David May
Target entity description: David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
  • A. Chris May
    Chris May is a collegiate sports administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Saint Louis University, overseeing the Billikens’ athletic programs.
  • B. Don Dixon
    Don Dixon is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his influential work in the jangle pop and alternative rock scenes, including producing early albums by R.E.M. and other notable artists.
  • C. Anthony McHenry
    Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
  • D. Arthur Dunn
    Arthur Dunn was an English educator and former footballer best known for establishing the prestigious preparatory institution Ludgrove School.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d86d9e6b44819085d1f6a969ecb74c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0502c0c3c8190b8e512df307039c1 completed April 16, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a003c4303888190a93830ef534715ae completed May 10, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a003ec3c3c481909f2ad743b3cb486e completed May 10, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a003f300e688190a12352fef2f801f9 completed May 10, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.