Triple
T20739158
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Kay Ash |
E509791
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mary Kay Inc. |
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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: Mary Kay Inc. | Statement: [Mary Kay Ash, founded, Mary Kay Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Kay Inc. Context triple: [Mary Kay Ash, founded, Mary Kay Inc.]
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A.
Mary Kay Cosmetics
chosen
Mary Kay Cosmetics is a global direct-selling beauty company known for its network of independent beauty consultants and wide range of skincare and cosmetic products.
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B.
Avon Products, Inc.
Avon Products, Inc. is a global beauty and personal care company best known for its direct-selling model of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and related products.
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C.
Amway
Amway is a global multi-level marketing company that sells health, beauty, and home care products through a network of independent distributors.
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D.
J. Peterman Company
J. Peterman Company is a real-life clothing and accessories retailer best known for its whimsical, narrative-style catalogs and for being humorously featured as Elaine Benes’s workplace on the TV show *Seinfeld*.
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E.
Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash was an American businesswoman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, a pioneering direct-sales cosmetics company.
- 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c20d9d4c8190a2fd87f8a33c313d |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:32 p.m.