Triple
T18253808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | C. L. Best Tractor Company |
E437168
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Clarence Leo Best |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Clarence Leo Best | Statement: [C. L. Best Tractor Company, foundedBy, Clarence Leo Best]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Leo Best Context triple: [C. L. Best Tractor Company, foundedBy, Clarence Leo Best]
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A.
Clarence Leo Best
chosen
Clarence Leo Best was an American inventor and industrialist best known for co-founding the Caterpillar Tractor Company and advancing track-type tractor technology.
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B.
William Thomas Best
William Thomas Best was a prominent 19th-century English organist and composer renowned for his virtuosic performances and influential organ arrangements.
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C.
Clarence Reid
Clarence Reid was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer, also known for his raunchy alter ego Blowfly.
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D.
Clarence Peters
Clarence Peters is a prominent Nigerian music video director and filmmaker known for his visually innovative work with many of Africa’s biggest music artists.
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E.
Clarence Rowland
Clarence Rowland was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4fd82f81c81909ad4455954bd8caa |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.