Triple
T3521539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tribune Company |
E74431
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam Zell
Sam Zell was an American billionaire real estate investor and entrepreneur best known for building a vast property empire and orchestrating major leveraged buyouts, including the acquisition of Tribune Company.
|
E364295
|
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: Sam Zell | Statement: [Tribune Company, keyPerson, Sam Zell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Zell Context triple: [Tribune Company, keyPerson, Sam Zell]
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A.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
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B.
Ronald Perelman
Ronald Perelman is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider best known for building a vast business empire through leveraged buyouts and his long-time control of Revlon.
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C.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
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D.
David M. Rubenstein
David M. Rubenstein is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
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E.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
- 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: Sam Zell Triple: [Tribune Company, keyPerson, Sam Zell]
Generated description
Sam Zell was an American billionaire real estate investor and entrepreneur best known for building a vast property empire and orchestrating major leveraged buyouts, including the acquisition of Tribune Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Zell Target entity description: Sam Zell was an American billionaire real estate investor and entrepreneur best known for building a vast property empire and orchestrating major leveraged buyouts, including the acquisition of Tribune Company.
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A.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
-
B.
Ronald Perelman
Ronald Perelman is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider best known for building a vast business empire through leveraged buyouts and his long-time control of Revlon.
-
C.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
-
D.
David M. Rubenstein
David M. Rubenstein is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
-
E.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
- 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.