Triple

T3725662
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord & Taylor E81741 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object George Washington Taylor
George Washington Taylor was an American merchant best known for co-founding the historic department store chain Lord & Taylor.
 E502719 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: George Washington Taylor | Statement: [Lord & Taylor, founder, George Washington Taylor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Washington Taylor
Context triple: [Lord & Taylor, founder, George Washington Taylor]
  • A. Frank E. Taylor
    Frank E. Taylor was a film producer best known for his work on the classic 1961 drama "The Misfits," starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.
  • B. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • D. Francis Lenn Taylor
    Francis Lenn Taylor was an American art dealer best known as the father of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor.
  • E. John Harvey Taylor
    John Harvey Taylor is an American Episcopal bishop and former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon who serves as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
  • 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: George Washington Taylor
Triple: [Lord & Taylor, founder, George Washington Taylor]
Generated description
George Washington Taylor was an American merchant best known for co-founding the historic department store chain Lord & Taylor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Washington Taylor
Target entity description: George Washington Taylor was an American merchant best known for co-founding the historic department store chain Lord & Taylor.
  • A. Frank E. Taylor
    Frank E. Taylor was a film producer best known for his work on the classic 1961 drama "The Misfits," starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.
  • B. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • D. Francis Lenn Taylor
    Francis Lenn Taylor was an American art dealer best known as the father of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor.
  • E. John Harvey Taylor
    John Harvey Taylor is an American Episcopal bishop and former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon who serves as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
  • 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_69beef70e6048190b0e5659a59634d5d completed March 21, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef031c0e881908a4a427788db618f completed March 21, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef086d9d08190813cd1bd8fdec5d3 completed March 21, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.