Triple

T2152584
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Express E47812 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
 E284486 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: John Butterfield | Statement: [American Express, foundedBy, John Butterfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Butterfield
Context triple: [American Express, foundedBy, John Butterfield]
  • A. Daniel Butterfield
    Daniel Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for composing the bugle call "Taps."
  • B. John Blatchley
    John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
  • C. Barton Bendish
    Barton Bendish is a small rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and traditional countryside landscape.
  • D. James Fawcett
    James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
  • E. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • 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: John Butterfield
Triple: [American Express, foundedBy, John Butterfield]
Generated description
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Butterfield
Target entity description: John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
  • A. Daniel Butterfield
    Daniel Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for composing the bugle call "Taps."
  • B. John Blatchley
    John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
  • C. Barton Bendish
    Barton Bendish is a small rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and traditional countryside landscape.
  • D. James Fawcett
    James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
  • E. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • 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_69a88a1d1fd8819088b34990d69a712f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe48ad148190a7d6cc88fd38a660 completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af9050216c8190b4e4af7cc4c9bb42 completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af91ddf6c88190b19f2222bcee093a completed March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af92500920819082c651f75a06dd72 completed March 10, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.