Triple

T3261055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William H. Gates Sr. E68408 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Preston Gates & Ellis
Preston Gates & Ellis was a prominent Seattle-based law firm known for its work in public policy, technology, and corporate law, and for being the longtime professional home of attorney William H. Gates Sr.
E342846 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: Preston Gates & Ellis | Statement: [William H. Gates Sr., employer, Preston Gates & Ellis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston Gates & Ellis
Context triple: [William H. Gates Sr., employer, Preston Gates & Ellis]
  • A. Lawrence Weingarten
    Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
  • B. O. J. Berman
    O. J. Berman is a theatrical Hollywood agent character in Truman Capote’s *Breakfast at Tiffany’s*, known for his brash manner and for having tried to turn Holly Golightly into a movie star.
  • C. Thomas Prosser
    Thomas Prosser was a 19th-century British railway architect best known for designing major stations such as York railway station.
  • D. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • E. Michael Best
    Michael Best is a name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as law, academia, and the arts.
  • 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: Preston Gates & Ellis
Triple: [William H. Gates Sr., employer, Preston Gates & Ellis]
Generated description
Preston Gates & Ellis was a prominent Seattle-based law firm known for its work in public policy, technology, and corporate law, and for being the longtime professional home of attorney William H. Gates Sr.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston Gates & Ellis
Target entity description: Preston Gates & Ellis was a prominent Seattle-based law firm known for its work in public policy, technology, and corporate law, and for being the longtime professional home of attorney William H. Gates Sr.
  • A. Lawrence Weingarten
    Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
  • B. O. J. Berman
    O. J. Berman is a theatrical Hollywood agent character in Truman Capote’s *Breakfast at Tiffany’s*, known for his brash manner and for having tried to turn Holly Golightly into a movie star.
  • C. Thomas Prosser
    Thomas Prosser was a 19th-century British railway architect best known for designing major stations such as York railway station.
  • D. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • E. Michael Best
    Michael Best is a name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as law, academia, and the arts.
  • 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_69ad8590444081909e8107a8aeef3a23 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adafa7fea08190b089b6174fd7cd32 completed March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b28ede248c8190b5a1f9403787361c completed March 12, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2966f189c8190bb56daea54be8a93 completed March 12, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2d6c1c65c81909e661c6beaaec9af completed March 12, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.