Triple

T15974896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dillard's E387419 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William T. Dillard
William T. Dillard was an American businessman best known as the founder of the Dillard's department store chain.
E1185645 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: William T. Dillard | Statement: [Dillard's, foundedBy, William T. Dillard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William T. Dillard
Context triple: [Dillard's, foundedBy, William T. Dillard]
  • A. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • B. Fred G. Meyer
    Fred G. Meyer was an American businessman and retail pioneer best known for creating the Fred Meyer chain of one-stop shopping superstores in the Pacific Northwest.
  • C. William Henry Belk
    William Henry Belk was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Belk department store chain in the late 19th century.
  • D. Arthur D. Healey
    Arthur D. Healey was a U.S. Congressman and judge whose legislative work on labor standards led to the federal Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act bearing his name.
  • E. Raymond J. Harbert
    Raymond J. Harbert is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a major benefactor of Auburn University, for which its College of Business is named in his honor.
  • 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: William T. Dillard
Triple: [Dillard's, foundedBy, William T. Dillard]
Generated description
William T. Dillard was an American businessman best known as the founder of the Dillard's department store chain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William T. Dillard
Target entity description: William T. Dillard was an American businessman best known as the founder of the Dillard's department store chain.
  • A. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • B. Fred G. Meyer
    Fred G. Meyer was an American businessman and retail pioneer best known for creating the Fred Meyer chain of one-stop shopping superstores in the Pacific Northwest.
  • C. William Henry Belk
    William Henry Belk was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Belk department store chain in the late 19th century.
  • D. Arthur D. Healey
    Arthur D. Healey was a U.S. Congressman and judge whose legislative work on labor standards led to the federal Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act bearing his name.
  • E. Raymond J. Harbert
    Raymond J. Harbert is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a major benefactor of Auburn University, for which its College of Business is named in his honor.
  • 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_69d86da94ccc819083d187f5dc6a123e completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1572c216c81908f2070d2a87609c2 completed April 16, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffbe8ce7788190a3e0aefc9a29d58a completed May 9, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffbf50d5fc8190a045846f046e04cf completed May 9, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffbfb1ed7c81908771dedce172707a completed May 9, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.