Triple
T2424086
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grainger County, Tennessee |
E53484
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Grainger
William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
|
E265694
|
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: William Grainger | Statement: [Grainger County, Tennessee, namedAfter, William Grainger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Grainger Context triple: [Grainger County, Tennessee, namedAfter, William Grainger]
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A.
William W. Grainger
William W. Grainger was an American industrialist and founder of the industrial supply company W.W. Grainger, whose philanthropy significantly supported engineering education.
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B.
Richard Warren Sears
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
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D.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
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E.
A. W. Ross
A. W. Ross was a real estate developer best known for transforming Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard into the bustling Miracle Mile commercial district.
- 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: William Grainger Triple: [Grainger County, Tennessee, namedAfter, William Grainger]
Generated description
William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Grainger Target entity description: William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
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A.
William W. Grainger
William W. Grainger was an American industrialist and founder of the industrial supply company W.W. Grainger, whose philanthropy significantly supported engineering education.
-
B.
Richard Warren Sears
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
-
C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
-
D.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
-
E.
A. W. Ross
A. W. Ross was a real estate developer best known for transforming Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard into the bustling Miracle Mile commercial district.
- 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc973aee08190b543492f436f3fe5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf5e33208190a6899e6672b3daeb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aec590516c81908f5126e203bb3638 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aec6194a3c81909055a16553f39e78 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.