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]
  • 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
  • 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.