Triple
T16311520
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Office Depot |
E396067
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Stephen Dougherty
Stephen Dougherty is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
|
E1215978
|
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: Stephen Dougherty | Statement: [Office Depot, foundedBy, Stephen Dougherty]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Dougherty Context triple: [Office Depot, foundedBy, Stephen Dougherty]
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A.
David Hartnett
David Hartnett is a British civil servant best known for serving as the Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and Customs, where he was the UK's top tax official.
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B.
Graeme Duffin
Graeme Duffin is a Scottish guitarist best known for his long-time, though often unofficial, role as the lead guitarist for the pop band Wet Wet Wet.
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C.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
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D.
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for genre films like Trick 'r Treat and Krampus and for directing the MonsterVerse installment Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
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E.
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the online real estate brokerage platform Redfin.
- 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: Stephen Dougherty Triple: [Office Depot, foundedBy, Stephen Dougherty]
Generated description
Stephen Dougherty is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Dougherty Target entity description: Stephen Dougherty is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
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A.
David Hartnett
David Hartnett is a British civil servant best known for serving as the Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and Customs, where he was the UK's top tax official.
-
B.
Graeme Duffin
Graeme Duffin is a Scottish guitarist best known for his long-time, though often unofficial, role as the lead guitarist for the pop band Wet Wet Wet.
-
C.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
-
D.
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for genre films like Trick 'r Treat and Krampus and for directing the MonsterVerse installment Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
-
E.
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the online real estate brokerage platform Redfin.
- 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_6a00580b94c88190a3330791e505fd6a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a005874858881908eb3549cbabdf44b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a005917197c8190988b3b1960887b6d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.