Triple

T370572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company E8259 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Richard Joshua Reynolds
Richard Joshua Reynolds was an American industrialist and tobacco magnate who built one of the largest tobacco empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E152525 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: Richard Joshua Reynolds | Statement: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Richard Joshua Reynolds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Joshua Reynolds
Context triple: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Richard Joshua Reynolds]
  • A. Rudulph Evans
    Rudulph Evans was an American sculptor best known for creating the statue of Thomas Jefferson housed in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Lloyd Bryce
    Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
  • C. Robert Barisford Brown
    Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • D. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • E. Reginald Bevins
    Reginald Bevins was a British Conservative politician who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, notably in Harold Macmillan’s government.
  • 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: Richard Joshua Reynolds
Triple: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, foundedBy, Richard Joshua Reynolds]
Generated description
Richard Joshua Reynolds was an American industrialist and tobacco magnate who built one of the largest tobacco empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Joshua Reynolds
Target entity description: Richard Joshua Reynolds was an American industrialist and tobacco magnate who built one of the largest tobacco empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Rudulph Evans
    Rudulph Evans was an American sculptor best known for creating the statue of Thomas Jefferson housed in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Lloyd Bryce
    Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
  • C. Robert Barisford Brown
    Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • D. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • E. Reginald Bevins
    Reginald Bevins was a British Conservative politician who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, notably in Harold Macmillan’s government.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebff472881909fad81d597425ea6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbefde5e48190881014a725e9411f completed March 8, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc0fff80081908058a436d64438b4 completed March 8, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc19c1d348190b42689852282aeae completed March 8, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.