Triple
T2979929
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McLane Company |
E80484
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert McLane
Robert McLane was an American businessman best known as the founder of McLane Company, a major supply chain services and wholesale distribution firm.
|
E320138
|
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: Robert McLane | Statement: [McLane Company, foundedBy, Robert McLane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McLane Context triple: [McLane Company, foundedBy, Robert McLane]
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A.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
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B.
Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
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C.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
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D.
Andrew Form
Andrew Form is an American film and television producer best known as the co-founder of Platinum Dunes and for producing popular horror and thriller franchises such as The Purge.
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E.
Byron Haskin
Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
- 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: Robert McLane Triple: [McLane Company, foundedBy, Robert McLane]
Generated description
Robert McLane was an American businessman best known as the founder of McLane Company, a major supply chain services and wholesale distribution firm.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McLane Target entity description: Robert McLane was an American businessman best known as the founder of McLane Company, a major supply chain services and wholesale distribution firm.
-
A.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
-
B.
Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
-
C.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
-
D.
Andrew Form
Andrew Form is an American film and television producer best known as the co-founder of Platinum Dunes and for producing popular horror and thriller franchises such as The Purge.
-
E.
Byron Haskin
Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
- 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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad999e91788190a2d430dd0600a660 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1de999ff88190824ecdc164496d37 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1df61bb208190b7714ff14ff81a99 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1dfd8fc5481908f1e130226d606fb |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.