Triple
T16311519
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Office Depot |
E396067
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
F. Patrick Sher
F. Patrick Sher is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
|
E1206364
|
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: F. Patrick Sher | Statement: [Office Depot, foundedBy, F. Patrick Sher]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F. Patrick Sher Context triple: [Office Depot, foundedBy, F. Patrick Sher]
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A.
Daniel L. Fapp
Daniel L. Fapp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning West Side Story.
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B.
Scott Fagan
Scott Fagan is an American singer-songwriter associated with the late-1960s psychedelic and folk-rock scenes, whose work later gained cult recognition.
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C.
F. Scott Fitzpatrick
F. Scott Fitzpatrick is an American politician who has served as Missouri State Treasurer and previously as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
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D.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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E.
Patrick J. Clifton
Patrick J. Clifton is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the film "Son in Law" and contributing to various family-oriented movies and television projects.
- 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: F. Patrick Sher Triple: [Office Depot, foundedBy, F. Patrick Sher]
Generated description
F. Patrick Sher is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F. Patrick Sher Target entity description: F. Patrick Sher is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
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A.
Daniel L. Fapp
Daniel L. Fapp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning West Side Story.
-
B.
Scott Fagan
Scott Fagan is an American singer-songwriter associated with the late-1960s psychedelic and folk-rock scenes, whose work later gained cult recognition.
-
C.
F. Scott Fitzpatrick
F. Scott Fitzpatrick is an American politician who has served as Missouri State Treasurer and previously as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
-
D.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
-
E.
Patrick J. Clifton
Patrick J. Clifton is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the film "Son in Law" and contributing to various family-oriented movies and television projects.
- 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e288dafb608190be35bd60342bb44e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a001fa6ceb48190b937a15b94fd3cfa |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00219696dc8190bcce66c1eeb07561 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a002221fe7c819083c8ede5e63b0908 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.