Triple
T3521509
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tribune Company |
E74431
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Cowles Sr.
Alfred Cowles Sr. was an American newspaper executive and publisher best known for helping build the Chicago Tribune into a major media institution.
|
E364289
|
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: Alfred Cowles Sr. | Statement: [Tribune Company, foundedBy, Alfred Cowles Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Cowles Sr. Context triple: [Tribune Company, foundedBy, Alfred Cowles Sr.]
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A.
Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick was a prominent American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his influential role in 20th-century journalism and conservative politics.
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B.
Frank A. Munsey
Frank A. Munsey was an American newspaper and magazine publisher and financier who became a major figure in early 20th-century mass-market publishing.
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C.
Adolph Ochs
Adolph Ochs was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The New York Times into a leading national newspaper after acquiring it in 1896.
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D.
Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
Joseph Medill Patterson Albright is an American journalist and member of the prominent Medill-Patterson publishing family, known in part for his marriage to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
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E.
Harold F. Kress
Harold F. Kress was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards for Best Film Editing.
- 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: Alfred Cowles Sr. Triple: [Tribune Company, foundedBy, Alfred Cowles Sr.]
Generated description
Alfred Cowles Sr. was an American newspaper executive and publisher best known for helping build the Chicago Tribune into a major media institution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Cowles Sr. Target entity description: Alfred Cowles Sr. was an American newspaper executive and publisher best known for helping build the Chicago Tribune into a major media institution.
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A.
Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick was a prominent American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his influential role in 20th-century journalism and conservative politics.
-
B.
Frank A. Munsey
Frank A. Munsey was an American newspaper and magazine publisher and financier who became a major figure in early 20th-century mass-market publishing.
-
C.
Adolph Ochs
Adolph Ochs was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The New York Times into a leading national newspaper after acquiring it in 1896.
-
D.
Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
Joseph Medill Patterson Albright is an American journalist and member of the prominent Medill-Patterson publishing family, known in part for his marriage to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
-
E.
Harold F. Kress
Harold F. Kress was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards for Best Film Editing.
- 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_69ad85d0c5488190a3d8e02ebd01a1aa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbc4c6ac8819096e9c773f3cccbfb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b37e87c7948190901d98f34e3987eb |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b37f13d5e881908eaa05b11e493e8b |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b37f703ff081908a9aa3588da52d76 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.