Triple
T3268954
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Continental Airlines |
E68594
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCEO |
P46995
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gordon Bethune
Gordon Bethune is an American airline executive best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Continental Airlines in the 1990s.
|
E348508
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Gordon Bethune | Statement: [Continental Airlines, notableCEO, Gordon Bethune]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Bethune Context triple: [Continental Airlines, notableCEO, Gordon Bethune]
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A.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
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B.
Gordon Drummond
Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
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C.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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D.
Gordon Stanley Cochrane
Gordon Stanley Cochrane, better known as Mickey Cochrane, was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher and manager renowned as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history.
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E.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
- 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: Gordon Bethune Triple: [Continental Airlines, notableCEO, Gordon Bethune]
Generated description
Gordon Bethune is an American airline executive best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Continental Airlines in the 1990s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Bethune Target entity description: Gordon Bethune is an American airline executive best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Continental Airlines in the 1990s.
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A.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
-
B.
Gordon Drummond
Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
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C.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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D.
Gordon Stanley Cochrane
Gordon Stanley Cochrane, better known as Mickey Cochrane, was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher and manager renowned as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history.
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E.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableCEO Context triple: [Continental Airlines, notableCEO, Gordon Bethune]
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A.
notableAdvisor
Indicates that one entity serves, or has served, as a significant or distinguished advisor to another entity.
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B.
notableCommercial
Indicates that an entity is particularly well-known or significant in a commercial context, such as advertising, marketing, or business promotion.
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C.
notableEmployer
Indicates that an entity has been employed by, or has worked for, a particularly significant or noteworthy organization or individual.
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D.
notableBusinessType
Indicates that an entity is notably associated with, characterized by, or best known for a particular type of business.
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E.
notableIndustry
Indicates that an entity is significantly recognized or prominent within a specified industry or sector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69ad859b54f881909bf530d549caf2fd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adafd0eddc8190834a64f6b8e8e9f9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a698ab08190b558c4ff3f9b27fc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31e26b7088190b845a183d32de8bc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31e7f8c7081908066d5a1c3bce83e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ada41d7eac8190ada4bf5f793d5c49 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69ada525bb2c8190b773efe6d696b6ab |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.