Triple

T17225886
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carson Pirie Scott E418112 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Samuel Carson
Samuel Carson was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain in Chicago.
E1257556 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 Carson | Statement: [Carson Pirie Scott, foundedBy, Samuel Carson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Carson
Context triple: [Carson Pirie Scott, foundedBy, Samuel Carson]
  • A. Richard Carson
    Richard Carson is one of the sons of legendary American television host and comedian Johnny Carson.
  • B. Samuel Westbrook
    Samuel Westbrook was an early local figure of sufficient prominence in the region’s history that the city of Westbrook, Maine, was named in his honor.
  • C. Samuel Lester
    Samuel Lester is the full given name of Les Snead, the American football executive best known as the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams.
  • D. Samuel Dixon
    Samuel Dixon is a British songwriter, record producer, and bassist known for his work with artists such as Adele, Sia, and Christina Aguilera.
  • E. Samuel Russell
    Samuel Russell was an architect known for designing the Middlesex Guildhall in London, a notable example of early 20th-century civic architecture.
  • 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 Carson
Triple: [Carson Pirie Scott, foundedBy, Samuel Carson]
Generated description
Samuel Carson was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain in Chicago.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Carson
Target entity description: Samuel Carson was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain in Chicago.
  • A. Richard Carson
    Richard Carson is one of the sons of legendary American television host and comedian Johnny Carson.
  • B. Samuel Westbrook
    Samuel Westbrook was an early local figure of sufficient prominence in the region’s history that the city of Westbrook, Maine, was named in his honor.
  • C. Samuel Lester
    Samuel Lester is the full given name of Les Snead, the American football executive best known as the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams.
  • D. Samuel Dixon
    Samuel Dixon is a British songwriter, record producer, and bassist known for his work with artists such as Adele, Sia, and Christina Aguilera.
  • E. Samuel Russell
    Samuel Russell was an architect known for designing the Middlesex Guildhall in London, a notable example of early 20th-century civic architecture.
  • 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42de1674c81909ca9e87fa9153640 completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01675cc70881909cf39b2e229f5d1e completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016a5f58408190b42a8da742aa2f5b completed May 11, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016b0e72588190b1ba2b45f0425d3d completed May 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.