Triple

T3725661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord & Taylor E81741 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Samuel Lord
Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
E381668 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: Samuel Lord | Statement: [Lord & Taylor, founder, Samuel Lord]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lord
Context triple: [Lord & Taylor, founder, Samuel Lord]
  • A. Simon Dunsdon
    Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
  • B. Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Hugh Beringar
    Hugh Beringar is a shrewd, loyal deputy sheriff and close ally of Brother Cadfael in Ellis Peters’ medieval mystery series "The Cadfael Chronicles."
  • D. Michael Medwin
    Michael Medwin was a British actor and film and television producer known for his prolific character roles and for producing notable British films from the 1960s onward.
  • E. Kenith Trodd
    Kenith Trodd is a British television producer best known for his collaborations with writer Dennis Potter on acclaimed dramas such as "The Singing Detective."
  • 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: Samuel Lord
Triple: [Lord & Taylor, founder, Samuel Lord]
Generated description
Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lord
Target entity description: Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
  • A. Simon Dunsdon
    Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
  • B. Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Hugh Beringar
    Hugh Beringar is a shrewd, loyal deputy sheriff and close ally of Brother Cadfael in Ellis Peters’ medieval mystery series "The Cadfael Chronicles."
  • D. Michael Medwin
    Michael Medwin was a British actor and film and television producer known for his prolific character roles and for producing notable British films from the 1960s onward.
  • E. Kenith Trodd
    Kenith Trodd is a British television producer best known for his collaborations with writer Dennis Potter on acclaimed dramas such as "The Singing Detective."
  • 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_69ad8b1b7ef081908d2d381bbf54985a completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcaf669d48190852aaeef70265404 completed March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4ce1e303881909efc1c6735d6c12e completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4cf1840bc81908a85642430ab5339 completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4cf92e9c48190a3d87ba1f90548ec completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.