Triple

T16121695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SC Johnson & Son E391161 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.
Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the SC Johnson family-owned consumer products company.
 E1196628 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: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. | Statement: [SC Johnson & Son, foundedBy, Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.
Context triple: [SC Johnson & Son, foundedBy, Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.]
  • A. Herbert F. Johnson
    Herbert F. Johnson was an American businessman and longtime leader of S.C. Johnson & Son, known for commissioning architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design the iconic Johnson Wax Headquarters.
  • B. F. Ross Johnson
    F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
  • C. A. E. Staley
    A. E. Staley was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for founding the corn processing company that became a major agribusiness and the original owner of the NFL’s Chicago Bears franchise.
  • D. John L. Schermerhorn
    John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
  • E. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • 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: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.
Triple: [SC Johnson & Son, foundedBy, Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.]
Generated description
Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the SC Johnson family-owned consumer products company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.
Target entity description: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the SC Johnson family-owned consumer products company.
  • A. Herbert F. Johnson
    Herbert F. Johnson was an American businessman and longtime leader of S.C. Johnson & Son, known for commissioning architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design the iconic Johnson Wax Headquarters.
  • B. F. Ross Johnson
    F. Ross Johnson was a Canadian-American businessman best known as the high-profile CEO who led the leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s.
  • C. A. E. Staley
    A. E. Staley was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for founding the corn processing company that became a major agribusiness and the original owner of the NFL’s Chicago Bears franchise.
  • D. John L. Schermerhorn
    John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
  • E. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2020198908190b56900cbfc53f25c completed April 17, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff2a7fe308190a9a2ef7815e788c6 completed May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff3b25ba081909c396431ace865ac completed May 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff4a2964c8190bfa8c2fa0f934abe completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.