Triple
T17078148
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Guardian Industries |
E414402
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Davidson
William Davidson was an American industrialist and sports team owner best known for building Guardian Industries into a global glass manufacturing giant and owning the Detroit Pistons.
|
E1249959
|
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 Davidson | Statement: [Guardian Industries, founder, William Davidson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davidson Context triple: [Guardian Industries, founder, William Davidson]
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A.
William Davidson
William Davidson is a television producer best known for his work on the Canadian science fiction series "The Starlost."
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B.
William Davidson
William Davidson was a Jamaican-born radical who became one of the key conspirators in the 1820 Cato Street plot to assassinate British government ministers.
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C.
William A. Davidson
William A. Davidson was one of the early co-founders and key leaders of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
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D.
William Lee Davidson
William Lee Davidson was an American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina who was killed in battle in 1781 and later honored as the namesake of Davidson County.
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E.
William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films.
- 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 Davidson Triple: [Guardian Industries, founder, William Davidson]
Generated description
William Davidson was an American industrialist and sports team owner best known for building Guardian Industries into a global glass manufacturing giant and owning the Detroit Pistons.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davidson Target entity description: William Davidson was an American industrialist and sports team owner best known for building Guardian Industries into a global glass manufacturing giant and owning the Detroit Pistons.
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A.
William Davidson
William Davidson is a television producer best known for his work on the Canadian science fiction series "The Starlost."
-
B.
William Davidson
William Davidson was a Jamaican-born radical who became one of the key conspirators in the 1820 Cato Street plot to assassinate British government ministers.
-
C.
William A. Davidson
William A. Davidson was one of the early co-founders and key leaders of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
-
D.
William Lee Davidson
William Lee Davidson was an American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina who was killed in battle in 1781 and later honored as the namesake of Davidson County.
-
E.
William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films.
- 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_69d886cef44c8190ba56c44b4e863e64 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3dbc625c48190b679a521180e10ad |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012ee243c081909aa6d470e002222a |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a013055b5148190aa5f6a007cb728ac |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0130c5f7388190b10a62ed1b61cce0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.