Triple

T19243176

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	National City Lines	`E481181`	entity
Predicate	foundedBy	`P104`	FINISHED
Object	Owen R. Fitzgerald	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Owen R. Fitzgerald | Statement: [National City Lines, foundedBy, Owen R. Fitzgerald]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Owen R. Fitzgerald
Context triple: [National City Lines, foundedBy, Owen R. Fitzgerald]

A. Frederick A. Fitzgerald
Frederick A. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent American Fitzgerald political family, known for its multi-generational involvement in public service and politics.
B. Eugene A. Fitzgerald
Eugene A. Fitzgerald is an American materials scientist and engineer known for pioneering work in semiconductor materials and device technologies.
C. Edward C. Fitzgerald
Edward C. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent Fitzgerald political family, known for its longstanding influence in American public life.
D. William F. O’Connor
William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
E. John A. O’Brien
John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Owen R. Fitzgerald
Target entity description: Owen R. Fitzgerald was an American businessman best known as a founder of National City Lines, a major company that operated and consolidated urban bus and streetcar systems across the United States in the mid-20th century.

A. Frederick A. Fitzgerald
Frederick A. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent American Fitzgerald political family, known for its multi-generational involvement in public service and politics.
B. Eugene A. Fitzgerald
Eugene A. Fitzgerald is an American materials scientist and engineer known for pioneering work in semiconductor materials and device technologies.
C. Edward C. Fitzgerald
Edward C. Fitzgerald was a member of the prominent Fitzgerald political family, known for its longstanding influence in American public life.
D. William F. O’Connor
William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
E. John A. O’Brien
John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e8cd9d1081908a181d02b88b59b8`	completed	April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e5faf3018881909ef866616c45ff2e`	completed	April 20, 2026, 10:07 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 p.m.