Triple

T2487770
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Ball Zoo E55966 entity
Predicate occupiesFormerPropertyOf P3526 FINISHED
Object John Ball E55966 NE FINISHED

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: John Ball | Statement: [John Ball Zoo, occupiesFormerPropertyOf, John Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ball
Context triple: [John Ball Zoo, occupiesFormerPropertyOf, John Ball]
  • A. John Ball chosen
    John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
  • B. John Ball
    John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
  • C. Alex Boraine
    Alex Boraine was a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist, and co-founder and deputy chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, known for his leading role in the country’s transition to democracy.
  • D. John Pym
    John Pym was a leading English parliamentarian and architect of opposition to King Charles I whose leadership in the Long Parliament helped set the stage for the English Civil War.
  • E. Jonathan Hales
    Jonathan Hales is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" and for his work on the "Young Indiana Jones" television series.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: occupiesFormerPropertyOf
Context triple: [John Ball Zoo, occupiesFormerPropertyOf, John Ball]
  • A. occupiesFormerEstateOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity currently resides in, uses, or controls a property that was previously the estate of another entity.
  • B. formerOccupant
    Indicates that an entity previously occupied a position, role, or place but no longer does so.
  • C. isTraditionallyOccupiedBy
    Indicates that a place, territory, or role has historically and customarily been inhabited or held by a particular group or type of entity.
  • D. firstOccupiedBy
    Indicates which entity was the initial or earliest known occupant of a given place, position, or resource.
  • E. formerPartOwnerOf
    Indicates that an entity previously held, but no longer holds, a partial ownership stake in another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd20b6d008190acec0eb172e218c9 completed March 7, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1f8ee974819082a2a29f8b72d131 completed March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd0b7cf088190bcff4dac6150044c completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.